1000 DAYS OF STEEM: The Shopping Game 25-07-2020 - First Shopping with Crypto!

axeman (85)modCommunity Moderator WOXin WORLD OF XPILAR • 4 years ago (edited)

When couple of months ago pretty well knows exchange announced that they will be issuing VISA cards not only for Great Britain and Singapore, but for most European countries as well, I had no doubt to give it a try and to see how it works. Is it finally possible just to pay in the shop using your VISA card topped up with Cryptos??? Oh YES!!!

There is a list of different types of VISA cards you can order. The perks depends on how much MCO tokens you gonna stake for 6 months. Though "cheapest" card do not require any staking, but gives only 1% cash-back. And then, the more you stake, the more perks you get

I have decided to stay with 2nd level card MCO (Ruby Steel), which required 50MCO tokens to be bought and staken. As per present rate it is about 175EUR.
Just to notice that all actions (including initial registering) are made via IOS or Android APP (very convenient). So, MCO were bought and staken and at this point that was a bid dissapointing that in reality had to wait more than 1.5 months for the card t be manufactured and sent. Bu twhat other options we do have? Not much...

And finally yesterday was a "lucky" day, when I finally got it delivered to my door.

Pretty perfectly packed and with very meaningful letter inside: "We hope it also proves to be the first step fo ryou to take back control on your money, data and identity. It's after all a basic human right, and only blockchain technology can truly deliver on that promise". (Oh yes, 100% agree on above!)

A perfect deep Red color metal!!! card is just a pleasure to hold in hands really. You can feel the "weight" of cryptos in it :D

After activating the card as per instruction, next step was to top up the card with EUR (since its main currency)

There are not too much cryptos available for topping up, but still enough counting main are there: BTC / XPR / ETH / LTC / USDC / PAX / TUSD / TGBP / TAUD

Have decided to go via XPR due possibly lower operation fees. Few button presses and voula - 125EUR topped up to VISA

And now most fun thing - actual shopping. Since I got card at the end of working day and it took some time to activate and top-up, decided just to go to nearby CircleK Fuel station with a small shop out there in order to by some ice cream for my lovely wife :)

Everything got just smooth without any issues and first payment of 1.70EUR for two ice creams was done! Huuuuray :)
At once got a message at Crypto.com APP about transaction and 2% cashback (as per type of the card conditions) - 0.00994MCO, which is 0.03EUR equivalent.

Well, SMALL purchase, but BIG step for a crypto into masses, really (for me at least).

Furthermore, while reading the news time-line of crypto.com yesterday, have noticed they have prolonged "Special measures during COVID19 program" giving additional 10% cashback while buying provisions and household items at certain companies as per list. Quite a pity most of them covers obviously UK and biggest EU countries, nothing spectacular for a small Lithuania, but at least two names I have found which we do have locally - that's LIDL and McDonalds (ah ah ah, who would doubt). So today went there for a test and voula - 12% cashback is reality!

Amazingly amazing that You do pay with Crypto and even get some additional quite massive discount. This world really turns upside down...

And finally. In case you are interested (or maybe interested in future), here is my REFERRAL LINK to register at crypto.com. And in case if you buy and stake at least 50MCO while ordering your magic crypto VISA, then wi will get 50USD each as bonus in MCO tokens on our accounts. So as Nike says.. JUST DO IT!!!