[ale] [OT] Weird Trick to make Debit Card Scan

[tom]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 23:34 -0500, Tom Freeman wrote:
>> Ok. WAY way off topic for here I know, but this is about the only place
>> I know of where there are people who _might_ be able to guess an answer.
>>
>> I was shopping this evening, and as is becoming common, my debit card
>> didn't want to read when I passed it throught the little device by the
>> register. The cashier grabbed a plastic bag for bagging purchases with,
>> and told me to put the card into that, and try again.
>
> Was your debit card still inside the bag when you tried again?

Yes. You swip the card through the card reader while still in the plastic 
bag.