I remember the raised lettering and that machine, but they still had to phone in the sale for approval if I remember correctly... Maybe it was for purchases over $100 but I recall standing around while it was approved, and being a kid, sometimes I was pretty nervous! I had a small limit, like $500. 😐
My last replacement card was the first one I got that didn't have any raised lettering.... it didn't click in until now that those machines couldn't process payments.
Maybe I'm old, but I remember people writing cheques at the cashier.
I drove from Alaska to the US with a card like that,keeping my purchases under the limit. I had a small breakdown and they never ran it or the other purchases didn't come in,as it still worked.....
Used my tax return for the next two years paying it off.
My husband is a classic movie buff. He loves all the old black and white movies we used to watch as a child. I have seen many of them countless times over. It's a line no one can forget.
Check out Tyrone Davis, If I could turn back the hands of time on youtube. I would send it to you but don't know how. This song brings back memories. I love Motown, rock and roll and all kinds of country music. Music cheers my heart.
Beautiful song, I don't believe I've ever heard it before. Her tombstone says she was 31 years old at the time of her death; however, I never heard of a 21 month before. Thanks though it was a very lovely mellow song. It brings back memories of when I was younger. In 1969 I was 9 years old but I had 2 teenage sisters who listened to just about everything.
If the card isn't embossed, the merchant can still write down the numbers on the card.
However, Visa quit issuing manual imprint machines in 2019.
Many of the newer credit card machines issued since the security chips have been introduced have the ability to process transactions even if the physical Internet is down. These machines can often connect via mobile, Ethernet, and dialup Internet and are able to save transactions if all of those connections are down as well. The saved transactions will be processed once the system comes back online.
A transaction from a card that would have been declined had the Internet been up will either go through and ding the cardholder or the merchant will eat those costs. That all depends on the merchant agreements in place.
With that being said, if you do lose power or Internet connection for some reason, it's usually better to be able to take your customer's payments and risk a declined card as a cost of doing business.
Honestly the raised lettering was a problem because you can take receipt paper and stealthily rub the card with the paper on and steal the number.. you then only need to remember the date and 3 digit code...
It's a well known method of theft... particularly and drive throughs.through..
They swipe the card then act like they waiting on the result, while "dawdling" with the card, rubbing the numbers...
Lol, how so... how does being able to imprint the card on a piece of paper any different than pen to paper
or a picture, for that matter.
Technology has come a long way to make such archaic devices no longer necessary.
And yes, retail companies do still have procedures to take credit card transactions when power is out... They just aren't going to actually do it unless power is going to be out for a long time.
So I still don't see how your post makes any sense, at all. Actually.
Let me put it this way. I used to work for a major cellular retailer. They had these card swipe devices still as of just 3 years ago.
And we had a separate procedure for cards without imprint…. I can’t exactly recall what it was because we never had to do it. I think it was a photocopy.
Hahaha good one. I’m just saying it’s really ludicrous to suggest that not imprinting cards is part of the plot to control money.
With todays access to technology, archaic card swipe machines just simply aren’t needed if internet or power goes out. There are many many other ways to document a transaction should the ultra rare power and internet outage occur.
Keep in mind, the card swipe machine was there because there were a lot of businesses who had no connectivity to any network to utilize the visa network directly.. this was the primary reason this was created. To make it easy for businesses with no connectivity to be able to still operate.
This whole post is just way too “out there”. The removal of imprinted cards has nothing to do with planning control over our money.
And for what it’s worth for I full heartedly believe that yes, globalists are going to try to control our money. This just isn’t part of it.
I remember the raised lettering and that machine, but they still had to phone in the sale for approval if I remember correctly... Maybe it was for purchases over $100 but I recall standing around while it was approved, and being a kid, sometimes I was pretty nervous! I had a small limit, like $500. 😐
My last replacement card was the first one I got that didn't have any raised lettering.... it didn't click in until now that those machines couldn't process payments.
Maybe I'm old, but I remember people writing cheques at the cashier.
I drove from Alaska to the US with a card like that,keeping my purchases under the limit. I had a small breakdown and they never ran it or the other purchases didn't come in,as it still worked.....
Used my tax return for the next two years paying it off.
Can't have any offline approval.
Last time I saw one of those was at Sears years ago!!
...little boy,"Daddy, what's a Sears?"
"It was Amazon on paper, son."
..( I wish I could do unto amazon as I did unto the Sears Catalog )....
...wonderful analogy dad....
They had a catalog, and it had models too, son... lots and lots of models.
...howls...
...that catalog was a staple in many hillbilly outdoor waste receiving stations....
...maybe a coincidence, but it seemed that the "ladies dainty" section was always the last to be incorporated as toilet tissue....
...Imprinting? We don't need no stinking imprinting....
Is that like? We don't need no stinking badges? Haha. Just had to say something in this space.
...ding...ding...ding....
https://youtu.be/VqomZQMZQCQ
My husband is a classic movie buff. He loves all the old black and white movies we used to watch as a child. I have seen many of them countless times over. It's a line no one can forget.
...those were the days....
Yes they were. If I could turn back the hands of time.
https://youtu.be/yo_YsIC9jxI
Check out Tyrone Davis, If I could turn back the hands of time on youtube. I would send it to you but don't know how. This song brings back memories. I love Motown, rock and roll and all kinds of country music. Music cheers my heart.
Beautiful song, I don't believe I've ever heard it before. Her tombstone says she was 31 years old at the time of her death; however, I never heard of a 21 month before. Thanks though it was a very lovely mellow song. It brings back memories of when I was younger. In 1969 I was 9 years old but I had 2 teenage sisters who listened to just about everything.
If the card isn't embossed, the merchant can still write down the numbers on the card.
However, Visa quit issuing manual imprint machines in 2019.
Many of the newer credit card machines issued since the security chips have been introduced have the ability to process transactions even if the physical Internet is down. These machines can often connect via mobile, Ethernet, and dialup Internet and are able to save transactions if all of those connections are down as well. The saved transactions will be processed once the system comes back online.
A transaction from a card that would have been declined had the Internet been up will either go through and ding the cardholder or the merchant will eat those costs. That all depends on the merchant agreements in place.
With that being said, if you do lose power or Internet connection for some reason, it's usually better to be able to take your customer's payments and risk a declined card as a cost of doing business.
There was still one at the gas station I worked at recently. I was told each store in the chain has one.
Honestly the raised lettering was a problem because you can take receipt paper and stealthily rub the card with the paper on and steal the number.. you then only need to remember the date and 3 digit code...
It's a well known method of theft... particularly and drive throughs.through..
They swipe the card then act like they waiting on the result, while "dawdling" with the card, rubbing the numbers...
I now carry a stupid amount of cash on my person. Because of the fuckery.
That's a neat looking little scanner. Did it run on batteries, I don't see a power cord? /j
Because we invented something called a Pen.....
Lol, how so... how does being able to imprint the card on a piece of paper any different than pen to paper
or a picture, for that matter.
Technology has come a long way to make such archaic devices no longer necessary.
And yes, retail companies do still have procedures to take credit card transactions when power is out... They just aren't going to actually do it unless power is going to be out for a long time.
So I still don't see how your post makes any sense, at all. Actually.
Let me put it this way. I used to work for a major cellular retailer. They had these card swipe devices still as of just 3 years ago.
And we had a separate procedure for cards without imprint…. I can’t exactly recall what it was because we never had to do it. I think it was a photocopy.
Change your name to shillBag and get it over with.
Hahaha good one. I’m just saying it’s really ludicrous to suggest that not imprinting cards is part of the plot to control money.
With todays access to technology, archaic card swipe machines just simply aren’t needed if internet or power goes out. There are many many other ways to document a transaction should the ultra rare power and internet outage occur.
Keep in mind, the card swipe machine was there because there were a lot of businesses who had no connectivity to any network to utilize the visa network directly.. this was the primary reason this was created. To make it easy for businesses with no connectivity to be able to still operate.
This whole post is just way too “out there”. The removal of imprinted cards has nothing to do with planning control over our money.
And for what it’s worth for I full heartedly believe that yes, globalists are going to try to control our money. This just isn’t part of it.