A really marvelous example of financial engineering, via email: https://inkind.com/ It's "0%* interest loans for restaurants" and all of the magic is in the asterisk.
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("Why would a tiny bar in Japan offer that and what do their clients get from it?" Because businesses broadly benefit from having cash flow earlier, because that bar expects to be in business for 40+ years, and because it announces to client's table "He's a regular here.")
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("Why would a client want you to announce to their table that you were a regular at the hip bar?" Well you might have a date or business partner at the table who you were trying to impress and, prior to Instagram, this was a useful way to have hip waitstaff say "He's got taste")
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I do this manually (with
@shadow) at some local places that want to support by purchasing a personal gift card and using that instead of credit. The one credit charge happens up front and minimizes the bank fees. We recharge whenever it gets empty.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Persistent open tabs are amazing, indeed.
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I love having open tabs where I have prepaid.
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