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After AWS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34387346), Reddit (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35529137), AirBnB (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38524186), Instagram (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44465796), Gnosispay (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44766260), Hetzner (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050904), and now TransferWise are problematic for you - are you sure it's all these services, and not something done with your account?

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I am a big fan of not ad-hominem-ing people and instead reading into the problem they have, individually. In this case, with Transferwise, it seems that the problem is legitimate.

These seem like problems that every VPN user encounters on a daily basis, and people on CGNAT often do too

> are you sure it's all these services

The OP is only guilty of complaining of minor issues (ie: In AirBnB, it's the currency or something). In his defense, I had issues with all of the services mentioned above; and it's a very common experience across the internet.

I had similar problem. They demanded some documents for KYC, and my "address of operation" did not match "address of registration", or something similar. It took me over a month of writing with their support to even get any info WHAT is wrong, then couple of days on chats with them to straighten it out. Terrible system demanding a lot of my energy and time to get back access to MY MONEY. Because of course they blocked withdrawal/payments from my account.

> are you sure it's all these services

User here. Yes, every system is broken once you fall off the happy path and nobody cares.

It's not that nobody cares, it's that governments/regulators typically make it more difficult for people off the beaten path to use financial systems.

I may be wrong, but it seems to me it may be this happens quite a bit to quite a few people, but I am different in that I get annoyed and write about it. Other people get over it :-)

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