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> Or that parents could use a Uni subscription card that allows for purchases from the campus grocery store and the bookshop to be capped at a reasonable rate
by bpicolo 9y ago
> Or that parents could use a Uni subscription card that allows for purchases from the campus grocery store and the bookshop to be capped at a reasonable rate
A bunch of unis already have this model and their own card for it, and even extend purchases to local businesses
e.g. http://bluebucks.umich.edu/p/home.html http://bluebucks.umich.edu/p/home.html
- yial 9y agoAnother example: http://idcard.psu.edu http://idcard.psu.edu All the local book stores to campus take it, grocery stores, and I believe even Target and some bars and restaurants now.
- buro9 9y agoIt is the control mechanisms that make it interesting, not just the group of retailers and funding source. With the control mechanisms you have the basis of a food subscription, a book subscription... allowances for very specific purposes at a rate that is pre-determined and could be set per retailer or even for specific products if such integration were achieved. This is what makes it more interesting than any pre-paid card or coupon system.