Comments on: Credit or debit?

By: Mermu

Mermu — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:49:53 +0000

I actually like this. The card stays in your control the whole time. There have been cases of people working a register “swiping” your card and when the transaction doesn’t take swiping it again.

They are actually swiping the card in a hidden separate machine that intercepts the card number.

I actually had fraud occur on a bank account in this manner. When I notified the bank they had told me there was a “ring” that had committed similar fraud on other bank customers. The link was a walgreen’s where I had made a purchase the week earlier.

By: Arr

Arr — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:44:25 +0000

What I dislike worse than the ‘DIY’swipers are the ‘DIY’checkout lines at stores. Some supermarkets I’ve been in and a quite a few Home Depots have them.

On principle, even if the line is long, I avoid the self-checkout lines because the way I see it? A computer (and a computer programmer in some far away town, although it’s inadvertent on hisher part – they just want to keep their own job) are taking yet another job away from a local person, which irks me beyond belief.

I would MUCH prefer to be checked out by a real person than a computer any day. Um. If you take that out of context it sounds…wrong.

By: alexa

alexa — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:55:54 +0000

amen noelle. the only way those swipe it yourself things would be practical is if they are universally made to all be the same.

i hate, hate, hate when i have to push yes 22 times.

By: mike golch

mike golch — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:55:20 +0000

mo matter what you get the run around.they always win,we don’t.

Well, sometimes we get to win. Like the time I forgot about the kitty litter under my grocery cart and made it all the way home before I realized I didn’t pay for it. That was a good day.

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:38:39 +0000

It’s so dumb since they have to push a button on their little screen anyway that said we swiped our card. So even if I’m all swiped and PIN entered, I still have to stand there and wait for the stupid grocery cashier to hit the payment button, staring at me like I’ve never paid at a grocery store before. And have we saved any time? Oh hell to the no!

Seriously. Get them out of the transaction already.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:36:41 +0000

Oh I can SO relate to this post! I HATE the do it yourself swipe! At the very least, they could have at least designed one machine so we all knew which way to swipe…but NO. Like you said, it’s all different everytime. Even that tiny diagram that’s supposed to show us which way to swipe never helps.

It annoys me to no end.
I also am always amused when the machine asks: “Amount okay?

No! It’s not okay that you’re taking $47 from my account! How about we negotiate? Take $27 instead.

Ha! That made me LOL.

By: lizgwiz

lizgwiz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:13:15 +0000

I am irritated by many things, but self-swiping is not one of them, for whatever reason. And I do think it speeds things up a bit, ’cause most of the machines will let you go ahead and swipe before the cashier is done scanning, and then you’re all set to hit that “yes” button and scribble your illegible signature.

What I like best of all are the places that don’t even make you sign if it’s under a certain amount. Just swipe and go.

That is a true point, I take advantage of the swipe ahead. And no signing features are good, too.

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:38:14 +0000

I wouldn’t mind as much if there were a universal system so I don’t look like an idiot trying to figure out what to do next.

It’s always when there’s a line…

By: Flibberty

Flibberty — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:24:16 +0000

According to my aunt, who does security for a major check company (you know the one, they print all of your checks) the only way to avoid having your identity stollen, is to always use cash and ONLY use cash. I’ve tried to do this, and actually, it’s helped me save money because it’s more of a pain in the ass to have to go get cash, than it is to just not buy whatever it was I was going to buy.

I tried that for a month once. It was great. Maybe I can try it in May again?

By: Anika

Anika — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:44:18 +0000

So well said! And I completely agree with you – it is so time consuming, and the cashiers always have to instruct people as to when to press the green Yes button, and if they press the wrong button they have to swipe again, etc etc etc. . .It’s ridiculous!

Yeah. Either get the cashiers involved or not. Both is ridiculous.