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Title: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts 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:
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless 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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: 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
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 20, 2007, 05:51:59 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  ;)
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 20, 2007, 05:55:12 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
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Pyraxis on October 20, 2007, 05:59:58 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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 20, 2007, 06:15:08 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 :-\
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: ASpHole on October 20, 2007, 10:53:28 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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts 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
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Callaway on October 20, 2007, 11:32:34 PM
I haven't seen credit card soda machines, but I have seen credit card parking meters.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Rabbit From Hell 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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: QuirkyCarla 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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 21, 2007, 03:55:35 AM
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.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts 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
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: richard on October 22, 2007, 07:17:24 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 22, 2007, 07:34:09 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 23, 2007, 02:58:21 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
I prefer cards everywhere, much more convienient.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 23, 2007, 03:24:18 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
I prefer cards everywhere, much more convienient.

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 23, 2007, 03:37:22 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
I prefer cards everywhere, much more convienient.

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
What they need is an untracable debit card, no one seems inclined to make one though...
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 23, 2007, 03:41:55 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
I prefer cards everywhere, much more convienient.

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
What they need is an untracable debit card, no one seems inclined to make one though...

That would be a thought but it sounds like something that would be easy to scam
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Nomad of Priority on October 26, 2007, 07:28:40 PM
i think that cash is better because it goes around more and is used more often than credit when comes to machines at least
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 26, 2007, 07:45:16 PM
i wouldnt worry about it. i dont think they'll ever get rid of cash money

Let us hope not
I prefer cards everywhere, much more convienient.

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
What they need is an untracable debit card, no one seems inclined to make one though...

That would be a thought but it sounds like something that would be easy to scam
Depends how you operate it. It could be like one of those electronic gift cards you top up and reuse.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 26, 2007, 07:49:10 PM
That would work kinda like a Metrocard in NYC but if you lost it without ID on it you'd be fucked
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Calandale on October 26, 2007, 10:11:40 PM

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
:agreed:

But, the world is moving the other way.
Makes sense - the govt has to catch
all us "bad guys."
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2007, 01:03:25 AM

I like cash untraceable and you can buy anything with it legal or not
:agreed:

But, the world is moving the other way.
Makes sense - the govt has to catch
all us "bad guys."

As long as there are politicians bad guys I think cash is safe :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Rabbit From Hell on October 27, 2007, 01:11:39 AM
cash is tracable, what you need is diamonds under a certain carat, those aren't traced or tracked
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: duncvis on October 27, 2007, 03:50:33 AM
unfortunately they don't fit in the slot when all you want is a mars bar and a pack of smokes  ;D
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Calandale on October 27, 2007, 07:12:49 AM
Depends on WHOSE slot. I'm not used
to those so tight, they can't take a small
stone into it.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2007, 07:56:21 AM
cash is tracable, what you need is diamonds under a certain carat, those aren't traced or tracked

I'll agree with you at least in part they are the best way to move big money around without being tracked 8)
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: duncvis on October 27, 2007, 03:18:03 PM
Depends on WHOSE slot. I'm not used
to those so tight, they can't take a small
stone into it.

what scary ass corner store do you shop at?
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Calandale on October 27, 2007, 03:18:36 PM
The ho' sto' :laugh:
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: duncvis on October 27, 2007, 03:21:35 PM
I walked into that one.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Christopher McCandless on October 27, 2007, 03:25:26 PM
That would work kinda like a Metrocard in NYC but if you lost it without ID on it you'd be fucked
No more fucked than if you lost the $100 you carry in your wallet. Because you top up the card from your bank account, it has the same risks as money attached to it.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Calandale on October 27, 2007, 03:25:56 PM
I walked into that one.

Well, 'twas pretty wide open.
Now deposit your diamond.
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2007, 03:45:13 PM
That would work kinda like a Metrocard in NYC but if you lost it without ID on it you'd be fucked
No more fucked than if you lost the $100 you carry in your wallet. Because you top up the card from your bank account, it has the same risks as money attached to it.

Still like cash better easier to hide though gold would be better for long term storage
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Calandale on October 27, 2007, 03:48:05 PM
Guns are the best form of wealth. >:D
Title: Re: Credit card soda machine
Post by: Parts on October 27, 2007, 03:49:33 PM
Guns are the best form of wealth. >:D
I need to get some of them too >:D