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That's on the business. I used to be a cashier, and during power outages, we had an old carbon copier that we could use to copy credit cards and note the amoun
by Simon_says 9y ago
That's on the business. I used to be a cashier, and during power outages, we had an old carbon copier that we could use to copy credit cards and note the amount, and then enter it in manually later. You lose the instant approve/deny, but we'd also copy ids.
- lazerpants 9y agoHow did you copy licenses if the power was out?
- omg_ketchup 9y ago> we had an old carbon copier that we could use You know, the kind where you slide the thing across and you don't have to plug it in?
- jessaustin 9y agoThat takes an impression from a credit card (although I see more and more that don't have raised lettering) but not from an ID.
- Domenic_S 9y agoThe impression isn't strictly necessary -- it's for convenience and, if needed, solid proof the physical card was there. At most you write down the license number on the carbon paper. If you lose the machine you can hand-write the card number just as easily. Think about how an online transaction works -- punch in the number, no ID needed. Believe it or not that didn't start online ;) Source: took "offline" payments when a retail store's power went down many many years ago.
- c22 9y agoYou just write the relevant information on the carbon with a pen.
- Simon_says 9y agoYou're probably too young to remember, but back in the bad old days, we'd write stuff by hand. It didn't feel laborious because it was all we knew. We'd copy name, address, license number and expiration date, and eyeball that the person in front of us looked close enough to the picture.
- acchow 9y agoSquare also has an offline mode. I guess you could take photos of IDs with your phone's camera too.
- komodo 9y agoMy new card from Citi doesn't even have raised numbers. You could probably still write it down manually I suppose.