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But that didn't happen. He went to an Olympic stadium, probably one built just for this event. It's like complaining that only Coke products were for sale (which is also the case thanks to a giant Coca Cola sponsorship).


No. It's not. It's not at all like complaining, in fact, that any given product is not for sale.

What it is like is, complaining that normally-valid and assumed-valid payment methods are suddenly not valid.

That's what it's "like".


It's what happened to me, so I'm pretty sure it did happen.


It's a lot easier to just settle for Coke instead of Pepsi (if you even have a preference) than it is to go to your bank and have them change your credit card type just for the olympics.




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