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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Have you ever tried to wire money? Its fucking hard. Even the banks give you the wrong info. It usually takes me 1 month on average with about 4 failed transfers before it goes through

This is a bank problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It takes 1 day to wire money and it works on the first try, what are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried wiring money to South America?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, that's a different ball game all together. Is that even possible? Last time I tried I had to wire to a US account that my Argentinian bank has in the US and they somehow transferred the money to my account. Still, it took a couple of days and it worked without a hitch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Usually the process is:

  1. Go to SA bank. Be very clear about all of the data fields that my bank is asking me, and ask them to tell me EXACTLY what to enter. Get assurance that anything is fine.
  2. Send transfer
  3. Get transfer back to my bank
  4. Call my bank and ask what went wrong. They blame SA bank
  5. Call SA bank and ask what went wrong. They blame other bank and tell me that something they told me was wrong, and maybe I should try changing X from Y.
  6. GOTO 2 about 4 more times until it finally goes through.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, I'm not surprised. I didn't think it was even possible. Whenever I have to transfer money to my bank account in Argentina I use crypto. Much easier. That one time that I used an intermediary US account I had no other option, never tried that again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Elon: Trump's efficiency tzar

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Sending their best.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

If you want to punish Musk in a meaningful way, then once the fine has been paid in full, the countdown can start. Once the same amount of time that elapsed between Twitter's first noncompliance and the fine's check cleared, then Twitter should be allowed back online. There will always be money to pay fines but they'll never get the time back. Other companies will take note.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago

"Sir, this is First National Total Landscaping"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Coming from Musk I still think he did it on purpose just to spite the judge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I wonder if it would have been brilliant if it was "Elon Musk's X Still Down in Brazil After Company Sends $5.2 Billion instead of $5.2 Million for the Fine to Charity Organization instead of Bank"

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wonder how much this will come back to hurt the company. Musk & co. want to play dumb games? Enjoy watching all the potential Xitter users in Brazil flock to Bluesky and other platforms while your site remains in the dark.

Xitter isn’t special. People will find ways to socialize online with or without it. And the longer people go without it, the more momentum other sites will gain. Whether this stalling is deliberate or unintented doesn’t matter, the fact is they’re only hurting their own bottom line when an entire country is disengaged from their platform.

In other words, keep it up, Elon. It’s fun to see some natural consequences arise from your stupid behavior.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I wonder if that insane musking urgency is in any way related to baking up local elections that will take place there some time soon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, there's a bank out there with some free money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

True. To have this money we need to live in a world where social media dominates everything

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 months ago

This is why you don't fire your local team in charge of local laws and regulations, Elon.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

On behalf of Banko del Tesoro Nacional de Veracruz Y Pavon Familia Santiago Amen de Guadalupe de Saltillo, gracias, muchisisimas gracias senior Musko!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look, I'm going to interpret this as Elon sending the money to a bank in sone other part of LatAm. Not only because Brazil's official language is Portuguese, but also because it's way funnier like this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Si senior! En mejico todo es mejor! We can just dream a little 500million mistake for Mexicans everywhere. That makes things feel better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

*muito obrigado

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