Sabine Hossenfelder
Trying to pay an invoice from Germany in 2026: Oh no, they sent it by Stripe! Don't have any of these payment providers, so pay by credit card. Your payment provider declined the transaction. Try the other two credit cards. Your payment provider declined the transaction. Why do I have 3 of these in any case? Ok, so use the virtual Revolut card then. Not enough money on the card. Recharge from bank account. Payment provider declined the transaction. Recharge by Google Pay? Google Pay not working. Why not? Ah, the credit card is expired. Replace the credit card? Your payment provider declined the transaction. (Tried to charge virtual card via Google Pay and Google Pay via the virtual card. Didn't work, unfortunately...) Ok, some other way to recharge the virtual card? Wires money from bank account to PayPal and then from PayPal to Revolut and then to Stripe from Revolut. Payment declined😭 Add to trusted merchants. Try again. It goes through 🥳 Would be easier to send cash with a pigeon at this point.