I've been using the Bitcoin Company visa card a couple times half a year ago here in the EU and purchased one again recently, to encounter the same problem as you, google pay wouldn't let me load it. It seems some new law went in the way since then (3D something). It was asking me address and name which the card obviously hasn't while "trying to contact my bank". Contacted all sides which, with no surprise, bounced back the issue to each other and telling me to contact them, quite a pain. I ended up using it to get a gift card on amazon.
Using bitrefill lately and works smooth but indeed, like said in the comment, it's the same as selling for cuckbucks. Doesn't further anything.
I sometimes try to orange pill small shops around (especially those who are more likely to not care about taxes, like night-shops, restaurants and mechanics) or at least just quickly ask if they may accept it, just to pike their curiosity. Sometimes if they don't plain reject it, I explain that all they need to do is to dl a wallet but then I mostly encounter laziness or whatever excuses. Also I don't always have the right mood for it.
Lately the best has been to let friends pay then reimburse them with sats. Or just ask them for some fiat against sats.
Btc maps is cool and there are online goods that accept it and it's usually nothing you can eat. There is also https://shopinbit.com/ , don't know if it works in Brazil.
So, not any better solutions that I could read here already I guess. Best is indeed to succeed to orange pill small commerces around and friends who produce needed goods, difficult and long term job and some people are also just better at convincing, I'm not that good, haha.
I see. Good to know. I'm thinking that, indeed, here in Brazil it's the same. Probably got stuck in some KYC issue and I'll have to spend that money on Amazon or something.
I'll take a look shopinbit, but I am starting to think my best bet is to just orange pill my immediate friends and maybe some merchant I might have more familiarity with, although I'm generally the type of customer that just grabs what he needs, pays for it and doesn't chit chat much hahaha
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Yeah about the visa card from Bitcoin company, I want to add that I was particularly disappointed by their lack of help towards fellow bitcoiners even though I understand they indeed couldn't do more. But all the other services were just nicer and trying harder.
Amazon gift cards are actually some sort of trick, because for some reasons they aren't enforcing those laws and the good thing is that you can top it with a very exact amount. There's even a way to buy bitcoin with them, which would have been a way to get back the "money" with it but I forgot how exactly.
Indeed, getting commerces around you is the best. And same, the chit chat is quite a step. What can be nice could be to print a small prospect with quick info and way to a wallet. What's good to sell the idea to them is that accepting btc is actual free advertizing, since it's in fact a new market that's opening to them, rather than a conversion of their usual income but also because bitcoiners send other bitcoiners there, plus if they get added to btcmaps or other similar services.
Anyhow, wish you (and all of us) good luck .)
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