I'm sure I'm not the only one here who has has a debit or credit card no longer be able to be read by the machine at the till after a bit of wear and tear. What happens when your cash card with your life savings on it can't be read anymore?
Here in England it takes a week to replace your debit card. I have had replacement _credit cards_ issued to me faster than that back in Canada!
I will definitely resist switching to fully plastic transactions as long as possible. There is just something nice about having physical money in your pocket. It is easier to remember how much of it you have, too. (instead of hunting down a bank machine to get a transaction slip because you want a large sundae instead of a small) And I think that business/government knows enough about me as it is, so I have a vested interest in keeping what I can away from them for as long as possible.
Well hopefully the same thing that happens when your CC cant be read and the person useing the reader knows how to use it, they enter a string of numbers into the machen and bing, its the same as if you swiped your card
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What happens when it wont read the card? (Score:2, Insightful)
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I will definitely resist switching to fully plastic transactions as long as possible. There is just something nice about having physical money in your pocket. It is easier to remember how much of it you have, too. (instead of hunting down a bank machine to get a transaction slip because you want a large sundae instead of a small) And I think that business/government knows enough about me as it is, so I have a vested interest in keeping what I can away from them for as long as possible.
It isn't paranoia if everyone is after you
Re:What happens when it wont read the card? (Score:1)
your CC cant be read and the person useing the
reader knows how to use it, they enter a string
of numbers into the machen and bing, its the
same as if you swiped your card