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goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
Strugglerzinc wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
Even he own govt on sheit.
2 weeks ago, he said essential govt workers only, all others work from home.
Permanent Secretaries in several ministries decided that doesn't work for them, everybody still come out on rotation.
Forgive me if mandatory work from home seems far fetched.
redmanjp wrote:Strugglerzinc wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
Even he own govt on sheit.
2 weeks ago, he said essential govt workers only, all others work from home.
Permanent Secretaries in several ministries decided that doesn't work for them, everybody still come out on rotation.
Forgive me if mandatory work from home seems far fetched.
this! we still on the rotation that was in place before and many of us can work from home- we do it on the off days and we did it 2 out of 3 days from march to june
redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
Dohplaydat wrote:adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
This is utterly false, try getting an account setup to take online payments if rediculously hard. Scotia and FCB can do this for you at a cost of 299USD or 399USD per month. Merchants cannot setup payments to receive money via PayPal here either, unless it's visa and even then there are many limitations. Every small business in Trinidad would love to accept online payments. Those that do have us or UK bank accounts. The other reason is getting credit cards for the average citizen is very difficult. We have an extremely low credit card penetration rate. Most of the world has visa or MasterCard debit cards not us.
I've seen African countries were road side vendors were accepting online payments and credit cards.
This has little to do with the consumer but more the ease of doing online business in Trinidad. Trust me, you're extremely naive to think consumers and small business don't want this.
teems1 wrote:Why not use a service like Wipay?
Musical Doc wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
This is utterly false, try getting an account setup to take online payments if rediculously hard. Scotia and FCB can do this for you at a cost of 299USD or 399USD per month. Merchants cannot setup payments to receive money via PayPal here either, unless it's visa and even then there are many limitations. Every small business in Trinidad would love to accept online payments. Those that do have us or UK bank accounts. The other reason is getting credit cards for the average citizen is very difficult. We have an extremely low credit card penetration rate. Most of the world has visa or MasterCard debit cards not us.
I've seen African countries were road side vendors were accepting online payments and credit cards.
This has little to do with the consumer but more the ease of doing online business in Trinidad. Trust me, you're extremely naive to think consumers and small business don't want this.
Idk where you got that information but my workplace bank with scotia and we have switched to online payments and there is no cost to it. Just get the banking information of the payee and create the vendor in your online banking and make the payment instantly. It actually is very simple.
Dohplaydat wrote:Musical Doc wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
This is utterly false, try getting an account setup to take online payments if rediculously hard. Scotia and FCB can do this for you at a cost of 299USD or 399USD per month. Merchants cannot setup payments to receive money via PayPal here either, unless it's visa and even then there are many limitations. Every small business in Trinidad would love to accept online payments. Those that do have us or UK bank accounts. The other reason is getting credit cards for the average citizen is very difficult. We have an extremely low credit card penetration rate. Most of the world has visa or MasterCard debit cards not us.
I've seen African countries were road side vendors were accepting online payments and credit cards.
This has little to do with the consumer but more the ease of doing online business in Trinidad. Trust me, you're extremely naive to think consumers and small business don't want this.
Idk where you got that information but my workplace bank with scotia and we have switched to online payments and there is no cost to it. Just get the banking information of the payee and create the vendor in your online banking and make the payment instantly. It actually is very simple.
This isn't credit card payments though, this is online bank transfer. And it's not instant.
Musical Doc wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:Musical Doc wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
This is utterly false, try getting an account setup to take online payments if rediculously hard. Scotia and FCB can do this for you at a cost of 299USD or 399USD per month. Merchants cannot setup payments to receive money via PayPal here either, unless it's visa and even then there are many limitations. Every small business in Trinidad would love to accept online payments. Those that do have us or UK bank accounts. The other reason is getting credit cards for the average citizen is very difficult. We have an extremely low credit card penetration rate. Most of the world has visa or MasterCard debit cards not us.
I've seen African countries were road side vendors were accepting online payments and credit cards.
This has little to do with the consumer but more the ease of doing online business in Trinidad. Trust me, you're extremely naive to think consumers and small business don't want this.
Idk where you got that information but my workplace bank with scotia and we have switched to online payments and there is no cost to it. Just get the banking information of the payee and create the vendor in your online banking and make the payment instantly. It actually is very simple.
This isn't credit card payments though, this is online bank transfer. And it's not instant.
Online wire transfer is a option though. Probably transfers to other banks may not be instant but from what I've seen here Scotia to scotia is instant.
Dohplaydat wrote:adnj wrote:I need to disagree with this. There is currently online banking; purchases can be made online or over the phone with a credit card; some stores catalog items online, some show pricing online; some delivery is available; some curbside pickup is available.Dohplaydat wrote:redmanjp wrote:goalpost wrote:Nah he coming with a mandatory work from home for all office staff. Retail stores to be closed. Next 14 days.
Whatever was in place for the last 28 days will remain in place for the next 14 days.
ah thought he say he eh have no money for grants for another lockdown?
i keep saying if retail stores had online shopping they could be physically closed and still make money but most are still in the 20th century
This isn't the stores fault, it is the banking system that keeps us in the 20th century.
If there are too few stores, credit/debit cards or delivery services, it's because the consumer is not driving the change and shows preference for in-store shopping.
This is utterly false, try getting an account setup to take online payments if rediculously hard. Scotia and FCB can do this for you at a cost of 299USD or 399USD per month. Merchants cannot setup payments to receive money via PayPal here either, unless it's visa and even then there are many limitations. Every small business in Trinidad would love to accept online payments. Those that do have us or UK bank accounts. The other reason is getting credit cards for the average citizen is very difficult. We have an extremely low credit card penetration rate. Most of the world has visa or MasterCard debit cards not us.
I've seen African countries were road side vendors were accepting online payments and credit cards.
This has little to do with the consumer but more the ease of doing online business in Trinidad. Trust me, you're extremely naive to think consumers and small business don't want this.
teems1 wrote:Why not use a service like Wipay?
Dohplaydat wrote:Wipay is still in beta, their Rebel cards haven't officially launched.
At least in the cities, some African countries have wide deployments of visa and Mastercard debit cards.
Linx doesn't support online payments, so I'm not sure what you're getting at.
If we had VISA debit cards and could register for PayPal merchant accounts you'd see widespread online shopping options.
I really don't think you can blame the consumer here.
When I was in Senegal last year, I saw literally every bank had visa debit cards and almost every shop had a way to purchase online, most were click and collect. Food drop apps were plentiful.
adnj wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:Wipay is still in beta, their Rebel cards haven't officially launched.
At least in the cities, some African countries have wide deployments of visa and Mastercard debit cards.
Linx doesn't support online payments, so I'm not sure what you're getting at.
If we had VISA debit cards and could register for PayPal merchant accounts you'd see widespread online shopping options.
I really don't think you can blame the consumer here.
When I was in Senegal last year, I saw literally every bank had visa debit cards and almost every shop had a way to purchase online, most were click and collect. Food drop apps were plentiful.
Most of the banks in TTO offer debit cards so your argument is essentially moot. The online payment system is available and apparently not preferred sufficiently by consumers or businesses.
I believe that First Citizens canceled their debit card program but there are others:
RBC Royal Bank Visa Debit card
JMMB VISA International Debit Card
Scotiabank Visa Debit Chip card
First National Bank in Trinidad VISA Debit Card
Unit Trust TT$ Income Fund Visa Debit Card
matr1x wrote:Trinidad deserves covid 19 for being stupid enough to vote back in those morons.
MaxPower wrote:matr1x wrote:Trinidad deserves covid 19 for being stupid enough to vote back in those morons.
Slim,
The Trinidadian mentality is to blame regardless of who is in power.
Trinis need to stop blaming others for their stupid actions and wake up and get with the times.
MaxPower wrote:matr1x wrote:Trinidad deserves covid 19 for being stupid enough to vote back in those morons.
Slim,
The Trinidadian mentality is to blame regardless of who is in power.
Trinis need to stop blaming others for their stupid actions and wake up and get with the times.
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