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Do any businesses still have the old credit card impression machines? Where you run a pressure roller over the card to make a copy of the numbers on a multi-par
by chiph 9y ago
Do any businesses still have the old credit card impression machines? Where you run a pressure roller over the card to make a copy of the numbers on a multi-part carbonless form? Because my most recent card doesn't have the raised info on it to take an impression.
- dwyerm 9y agoI'm sure many of them have the machines, still. The new kids pull them out from under the counter top and muse, "What are THESE for?!" Aside from what you said about the embossed cards, I suspect the greater problem is probably the multi-part forms. I've seen embossing machines more recently than I've seen a stack of credit slips. For what it is worth, you can take a decent impression of a card with an ordinary piece of thermal receipt paper and a firm rubbing with a soft plastic like a Bic pen barrel or a thumbnail.
- nxc18 9y agoI worked in a grocery store about 5 years ago and the machines went down. We used the impression machine and everything was fine. It may break some rule, but there's no reason you can't just write all the information down. That's ultimately just a slower version of what the impression machine does.
- reaperducer 9y agoYep. And still in common use in some places.