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0 pointsfastball4y ago0 comments

Not sure this is applicable to anyone else, but when it comes to being a kid with no money for me that meant literally no digital money. I had no bank account (at least not with a debit card associated) and my parents would not have given me theirs.

But the difference between a couple bucks a month and $5 once you actually have the ability to pay for stuff online does seems pretty negligible.

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kroltan4y ago

Here in Brazil there is a very widely supported payment method "boleto bancário", where basically the seller/provider prints you a bill that you can pay with a bank account, or in cash at physical locations (usually lottery houses and post offices).

In fact, some websites even offer big discounts (like 15%) for payments in boleto since there is basically no service fee.

That is basically how me and all my friends did "online" transactions.

sergiomattei4y ago

You're actually right, it's an oversight from my comment. I was in the same spot: some savings, none digital, parents weren't going to pay anything.

In any case, if it gets kids learning new things under the guise of saving a very limited resource, I'm all for it!

jjice4y ago

Very good point. I remember being so excited when I got my first job at 16 and opened a bank account because I could finally purchase things online without having to do something like buy a prepaid debit card, which always had an overhead fee.

Even after that, I was always frugal and never wanted to spend something like $15 a month for a server for my friends. Now, as an adult software developer, I wouldn't think twice about the fun to dollar ratio of paying for a Minecraft server to connect with some old friends.

sergiomattei4y ago

Same here! I had access to prepaid cards, but sadly cloud providers just don't accept them. (At least DigitalOcean didn't!)

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0 pointsfastball4y ago0 comments

But the difference between a couple bucks a month and $5 once you actually have the ability to pay for stuff online does seems pretty negligible.

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kroltan4y ago

In fact, some websites even offer big discounts (like 15%) for payments in boleto since there is basically no service fee.

That is basically how me and all my friends did "online" transactions.

sergiomattei4y ago

You're actually right, it's an oversight from my comment. I was in the same spot: some savings, none digital, parents weren't going to pay anything.

In any case, if it gets kids learning new things under the guise of saving a very limited resource, I'm all for it!

jjice4y ago

sergiomattei4y ago

Same here! I had access to prepaid cards, but sadly cloud providers just don't accept them. (At least DigitalOcean didn't!)

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