Man tries to buy crack with credit card, ends about as well as you’d guess

Chris Spags Founder and Editor

Having a drug habit is certainly an expensive hobby, much like collecting stamps or comic books then dicing them up and snorting them to feel alive. But in spite of that, buying drugs with a credit card is typically frowned upon. Just ask this Michigan man who attempted to buy crack with his Visa then got robbed at gunpoint.

Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen.

Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.

The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.

You know, this just isn’t fair for the poor guy trying to buy the crack. For years, we’ve been beaten over the head with the concept that Visa is “everywhere [we] want to be,” but nowhere did a Visa commercial say “Visa is everywhere you want to be…except neighborhoods selling crack.” Granted, that’d be a very narrow delimiting factor of the power of the Visa card, but at least then consumers are aware that if they’re going to get high, they need to look elsewhere. Great opportunity for the Discover card though. The “hookers and drugs” crowd have financial needs too, you know.

Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card [Denver Post]

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