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Credit card soda machine
« on: October 20, 2007, 04:15:38 PM »
Has anybody else seen this WTF a cokes only a dollar.  I saw my first at Home Despot today yet another move to a cashless society   :grrr:
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2007, 05:40:27 PM »
I really prefer my card to cash, sounds a great thing. I love being able to buy a 14p bottle of lemonade from asda on my card.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 05:45:52 PM »
I like cash as a matter of privacy not so much with a soda but where this is headed cash will become obsolete meaning everything is traceable and taxable  just bothers me
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM »
Quote from: parts on October 20, 2007, 05:45:52 PM
I like cash as a matter of privacy not so much with a soda but where this is headed cash will become obsolete meaning everything is traceable and taxable  just bothers me
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2007, 05:55:12 PM »
Quote from: Hadron on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
Quote from: parts on October 20, 2007, 05:45:52 PM
I like cash as a matter of privacy not so much with a soda but where this is headed cash will become obsolete meaning everything is traceable and taxable  just bothers me
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)
They might have time to add up all those transactions and compare them to what I make and decide I make more than I say I do.  I have to start charging customers in precious metals
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2007, 05:59:58 PM »
Quote from: Hadron on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)

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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2007, 06:15:08 PM »
Quote from: Pyraxis on October 20, 2007, 05:59:58 PM
Quote from: Hadron on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)

Computers are wonderful things.

Or wonderfully evil things depending on what they are used for :-\
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2007, 10:53:28 PM »
Quote from: Hadron on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)

The  problem arises when some asshole exploits bugs in the soda machine's software, cracks the system and accesses the credit card information of everybody who's used any given machine that gets owned. --I'll spend cash, thank you very much.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2007, 10:59:18 PM »
Has anybody else seen one? It was a first for me curious if they are popping up other places too
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2007, 11:32:34 PM »
I haven't seen credit card soda machines, but I have seen credit card parking meters.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2007, 01:27:36 AM »
It would be cool if they had those at UW, or at least vending machines that accepted them.  No more withdrawing rolls of quarters.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2007, 03:01:49 AM »
I haven't seen a CREDIT card one (though that would be convenient for me), but my school now allows us to swipe our ID card to use our flex dollars (part of the meal plan) to pay for snacks or soda from the vending machines. I used to love this, but I unfortunately don't have a meal plan this semester.  :'(

I tend to go through cash very quickly when I carry it around, and it's a pain in the ass to get more. I would either have to use the ATM on campus (which isn't my bank, so my bank charges a fee for that and the ATM charges $2), or since I don't have a car, walk a mile to my bank or take the bus. So yeah, it's more convenient for me to use my debit card than use cash.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2007, 03:55:35 AM »
Quote from: ASpHole on October 20, 2007, 10:53:28 PM
Quote from: Hadron on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 PM
Oh it is traceable. But the people who are in power dont have time to read through a stack of 14p soda transactions do they  ;)

The  problem arises when some asshole exploits bugs in the soda machine's software, cracks the system and accesses the credit card information of everybody who's used any given machine that gets owned. --I'll spend cash, thank you very much.
Ah, in the Uk, the bank has to pay if any fraud happens. Its a bit of hassle, but not a massive problem.
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2007, 07:13:11 PM »
Looked again at it today as I got a Coke  looks to me like it would be easy to stick a card reader on a machine without one with double stick tape get everyones numbers then have it say out of service just to scam them I would be suspicious of them till they were integrated into the machine itself
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Re: Credit card soda machine
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2007, 07:17:24 PM »
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money
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