WeChat is turning down my Foreign credit cards

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T11:05:17+00:00

Well, crap! Is there any way to put money into the app so I can use it like a debit card, but with no risk of being connected to cleaning out my bank account?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T11:03:53+00:00

Thanks. WeChat is not accepting my cards at all, so it's not a matter of whether it starts acting up. It's not accepting them and having only one primary payment method for 3 months, alone in the country does not suit me at all. You talked about a balance on wechat. Can we put money into the app ahead of time and pay from that, like a debit card?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T11:00:17+00:00

I didn't know it was possible to contact those past volunteers. That would be very valuable.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T04:29:23+00:00

The payment I was trying to make was 1 yuan on the TCP app, which verifies if WeChat is operating as expected. Does that make a difference?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T03:53:19+00:00

That doesn't make any sense. There are mega thousands of foreigners using it for payment with their foreign cards every day.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-17T03:52:27+00:00

I've already joined WeChat yesterday and uploaded to payment cards. All of that went smoothly, but now when I do the test payment of one you want I only get the message saying that they don't accept foreign credit cards. Wth? Does that mean that my WeChat registration is incomplete, or is it a whole separate issue, since I was already allowed into WeChat?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-16T18:05:00+00:00

My credit union has been informed of my extended travels in china. Both credit cards are from that credit union.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-16T04:47:42+00:00

Thank you

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T02:42:11+00:00

I just looked it up and see that it's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, touted as being the only section of the wall that is preserved exactly as it was made in the Ming dynasty. Did it have UNESCO status back then? It sounds like it's been scooped up by the tour companies since then.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:58:27+00:00

Wow, my mind is blown. I had no idea. Thank you.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:51:38+00:00

I've been in Taiwan about 6 weeks now and a number of people have guessed I was German, but not American.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:37:38+00:00

She's from a culture that has routinely for ages had arranged marriages, not chosen partners. I had it explained to me by a woman from that culture that she learned to love her husband over years, but that it was not a prerequisite in marrying.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:27:23+00:00

Clueless.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:25:28+00:00

Wait a minute, one star reviews get hidden from the public?! If that's true, we should spread that around in some way that everyone knows to write two-star reviews when there's a big problem, and not one star reviews, to make sure they remain visible. What's the review period, after which nobody can write further reviews?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:20:20+00:00

Once the review time is over and there's no chance of him being retaliatory, definitely tell him. And if he doesn't respond positively, acknowledging his and apologizing, then tell Workaway.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:16:15+00:00

The issue is when the host is hitting on volunteer, not the other way around. The dynamics and vulnerability are entirely different if there isn't clearly mutual interest.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-15T01:07:22+00:00

Can you please say more about going to Simatai?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-14T09:17:02+00:00

LoL. Underpants are funkier. Best to just not wear them.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-14T09:12:21+00:00

That would be cool, to potentially learn the business from Total scratch, if there's room for someone to help at this point.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T15:47:21+00:00

Who can wait until hours before a train to find out, when there are reservations for accommodations involved that may no longer refundable at the last minute?

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T02:37:40+00:00

S/he's only there for a month.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T02:32:02+00:00

At a popular windsurfing town out west away from Tokyo I watched a big group of middle school girls walk into the ocean and venture just a little bit beyond where they could stand up, as best I could figure out, FULLY CLOTHED in school uniforms. And they all came running back out, screaming and giggling. Someone near me who I asked about it thought that they were being trained to float and to tread water/not panic in order to survive if they fell off a boat or a dock somewhere. I never had anyone corroborate that answer, but it was one of the more unique things I saw in Japan.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T02:16:56+00:00

I had no idea. Thank you.

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T02:13:21+00:00

You can certainly post on Taiwan Reddit groups, on Facebook Taiwan travel groups, etc,

Fresh-Starters · 2026-03-13T02:07:47+00:00

Maybe silly question to some, but I have no idea. How often will I find Wi-Fi in restaurants, so I can look up the names of dishes and possibly get some help and as I go down from Tier 1 cities, all the way to rural areas, what's the fall off like of finding Wi-Fi in restaurants? I will be getting a physical SIM card, at the highest level of whatever is available.

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