bagel shop completely deserted during what should be the lunch rush. this is going to destroy these places if it lasts more than a couple months
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Replying to @alicemazzy
might be more of a personal gamble than anything else, but buying gift cards right now would provide them with some up-front cash
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Replying to @rfinz
this is a cool idea but I don't know that any of the local cafes I go to do gift cards
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Replying to @alicemazzy @rfinz
i recommend reaching out directly to them and asking if there's a way for them to make it happen. if they spin it up fast enough, could save them
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian @alicemazzy
agree, here—places will have to innovate. also can't take credit for the idea, my dad is a labor economist and pitched it to me last night
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian @MutualArising and
huh that's actually a pretty good idea. dunno about square but stripe and shopify have both recently dipped into debt products too
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Replying to @alicemazzy @The_Lagrangian and
@patio11 is at stripe / attuned to financial products and macroecon / gets covid19 - prob doesn't have time to do any work around such a thing but could perhaps point to someone that might? prob has notifications silenced tho1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
I would love us to have a gift card product available, and it fits very well with our overall lineup, but I have nothing to share at this time. Broadly, we do not announce product plans until we have something you can put real money into over a real API.
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