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9 ways Verified by Visa is ruining lives every day

Cause of death: Verified by Visa.

A QUICK TWITTER search for “Verified By Visa” + “rage” yields some interesting results.

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Up and down the land, rage strokes and fury wobbles are induced by that last stumbling block in your quest to frantically buy something from Ticketmaster, or to order that emergency hangover pizza plus two drinks so they don’t think it’s all for you.

Verified by Visa is ruining lives…

Exhibit A:

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EXHIBIT B:

Verified by Visa: because remembering another poxy password won't induce rage. Or anything
— Vicky (@thetaeaddict) June 25, 2014

Vicky / Twitter

Has got to be the most frustrating password to remember. I have cancelled more bloody transactions because of this. The must be a better way @BOI #verifiedbyvisa @visa stewhitehead stewhitehead

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It inspires words like “abomination”

Verified by Visa - you are a usability and design abomination.
— iain (@ipb) October 18, 2015

iain / Twitter

It brings on palpitations

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Three words that strike fear into my heart when online shopping!: Verified By Visa...... Agggggghhhhhhhh!
— Thomas Curran (@Tcurran0) January 3, 2015

Thomas Curran / Twitter

And blackouts

Rage blackout cannot remember my verified by visa password and I need to buy shoes ... #furious
— Aisling Murphy (@AshOReilly11) June 19, 2014

Aisling O'Reilly / Twitter

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And death

Verified by Visa is going to be the death of me. Why do I have an inability to work out the 3rd, 4th and 8th letters of a password?!
— Jill McDade (@alreetlike) December 19, 2012

Jill McDade / Twitter

On my death cert, cause of death will be : 'Verified By Visa Stress' 😡
— Paul (@paul_MCMXCI) September 16, 2014

Paul / Twitter

Not a jury in the land…

I will kill you Verified by Visa. I will kill you to all the death.
— Simon McGarr @Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie (@Tupp_Ed) December 22, 2012

Simon McGarr / Twitter

I try my best not to hate anyone however I do wish a long and painful death on whoever invented Verified by Visa #tilt
— Ciaràn Corbett (@CiaranCorbett) September 13, 2015

Ciaràn Corbett / Twitter

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9 ways Verified by Visa is ruining lives every day

Exhibit A:

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EXHIBIT B:

EXHIBIT C:

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We couldn't find this Tweet

It inspires words like “abomination”

It brings on palpitations

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We couldn't find this Tweet

And blackouts

And death

Not a jury in the land…

The “f*cks” don’t lie

A Definitive Ranking Of Your Bank-Related Rage