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Sounds reasonable. You are still anonymous towards the merchant when you use the prepaid card

No it doesn't. I resent being asked to produce ID for every little thing. Someone tried to card me when I bought beer in a supermarket the other day. I'm 52.

That must have been traumatic for you

I didn't know that, thanks, yeah it's the same here in Canada, EU presumably too.

Well, then we're SOL and won't be able to charge our cars (fully) anonymously.

Is that an EU thing? In the US you can buy as many $500 visa cards as you want at any grocery store with no ID. You may need a manager's override if you're buying over $10,000 but that's just to verify that you're not falling for a gift card scam.

Converting >$10k from card to cash on the other hand often requires an ID

> In the US you can buy as many $500 visa cards as you want at any grocery store with no ID.

Canada requires retaining a record of the ID used to buy the prepaid credit cards, too.

https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/guidance-directives/client-...