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

tom tfreeman at intel.digichem.net
Wed Feb 28 08:51:47 EST 2007


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.



More information about the Ale mailing list