We were unable to verify your credit card, so we have canceled your reservation.
This was exactly what ruined my NewEgg flash sale for a 128Gb Crucial memory kit this May (it was almost 40% off list price). And more recently, this year's 11.11 deal on AliExpress for a low-cost tablet.
This comic sure just got very 'real'. I'm glad our Author will be safe, but it would be pretty neat if he ended up writing comics critical of the imposing government there.
In Rapid Sequence
Hong Kong...will you be okay?It's an LCC, so if we canceled, we wouldn't get the full amount back...Even if we discuss that now, I've already paid the air fare and we've already reserved the hotel...
It's costing about ¥60K...
Hmmm...In that same period...
From the hotel:
We were unable to verify your credit card, so we have canceled your reservation.
So is this telling you not to go?I was getting that feeling...