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I went there and the most jarring things to me were: 1) they don't take cash 2) when I swiped my card, my email address and amazon info was instantly/automati

by bch 11y ago

I went there and the most jarring things to me were: 1) they don't take cash 2) when I swiped my card, my email address and amazon info was instantly/automatically linked w/ this transaction. re: 2 -- we all know this sort of linking is possible, but I'd never experienced it like that. Jarring.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
RE: 2, if it was some other store that automagically linked my CC with my Amazon account, I'd also feel weird. But in an Amazon store, this seems like something totally to expected (and welcomed). The store is an extention of Amazon webpage after all.
derefr 11y ago
You've never bought something (a second time) from a merchant using Square? The first time you use a Square checkout, Square asks for your email address, and creates a bidirectional {email, CCN} index. The second time, they just look up the email from the card you swiped and send your receipt automatically.
- bch 11y ago
  Never experienced that, no. I guess I haven't bought anything twice from Square. I think that in places where Square might be used (that I'd be (food truck perhaps?)) I'm much more likely to go to cash as a first pay method. Amazon isn't the first place I've been that cash wasn't accepted (only the second I can recall off the top of my head, though), but I think it's supremely odd that I can't use legal tender to buy things. When a till can't break a $50 or $100 bill, that's understandable, but when a business refuses to deal with cash currency at all... well that's strange to me.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    This is a trend that slowly starts showing up around the world. In Oslo, they still tend to accept cash in shops, but they look at you weirdly. It's understandable - well-designed contactless card payment process is faster than cash, not to mention more hygienic. (OTOH it can shut a store down if the Internet Connectivity Gods are in a bad mood that day.)

by bch 11y ago

TeMPOraL 11y ago

RE: 2, if it was some other store that automagically linked my CC with my Amazon account, I'd also feel weird. But in an Amazon store, this seems like something totally to expected (and welcomed). The store is an extention of Amazon webpage after all.

derefr 11y ago

You've never bought something (a second time) from a merchant using Square? The first time you use a Square checkout, Square asks for your email address, and creates a bidirectional {email, CCN} index. The second time, they just look up the email from the card you swiped and send your receipt automatically.

bch 11y ago
Never experienced that, no. I guess I haven't bought anything twice from Square. I think that in places where Square might be used (that I'd be (food truck perhaps?)) I'm much more likely to go to cash as a first pay method. Amazon isn't the first place I've been that cash wasn't accepted (only the second I can recall off the top of my head, though), but I think it's supremely odd that I can't use legal tender to buy things. When a till can't break a $50 or $100 bill, that's understandable, but when a business refuses to deal with cash currency at all... well that's strange to me.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  This is a trend that slowly starts showing up around the world. In Oslo, they still tend to accept cash in shops, but they look at you weirdly. It's understandable - well-designed contactless card payment process is faster than cash, not to mention more hygienic. (OTOH it can shut a store down if the Internet Connectivity Gods are in a bad mood that day.)