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I was working in a grocery store (after the turn of the millenium) when the CC processing went down. We could accept debit or cash, but no Mastercard, Visa, or
by xethos 1y ago
I was working in a grocery store (after the turn of the millenium) when the CC processing went down. We could accept debit or cash, but no Mastercard, Visa, or AmEx. I didn't get (or don't recall) the backstory, but I wouldn't call Canada an under-developed nation.
Cash makes my budgeting easier too. I find it harder to overspend cash I don't have on my person. The cost is more tangible (as every debit/credit tap "feels" like the same amount). Consumers have been shown to spend more when using electronic payment methods too. As to the coins, those get tossed in a jar to be rolled later, then eventually taken to the bank and to a rainy day fund.
Cash is fuckin' excellent.
- bee_rider 1y agoHmm. When I worked in retail (probably like 2008 or so) when the network went down we could still take credit cards, we young folks just needed a couple minutes tutorial from the more experienced cashiers on how to do the imprint machine.
- jerezzprime 1y agoMost of my new cards do not have raised numbers, the card number is just printed on.
- XorNot 1y agoThere aren't enough network outages for this problem to matter to me. "What if the network's down?" is a problem solved by buying things another time on the rare occasions it happens. Which I would posit is slightly better planning then having cash on hand, since it means you've kept a reasonable stock of whatever basic necessities absolutely can't wait.
- xethos 1y agoThis was well after chip'n'pin, suggesting the value from the additional sales would have been offset by any fraudulent transactions the store could (possibly) be held to.
- bee_rider 1y agoIt was very rare for us, only happened once as far as I remember. The network would need to be down, while the power was still up. I don’t think the extra fraud was a major concern. The person would need to happen to be in the shop with their fake card for this very rare event.
- throwaway_5753 1y agoCanada is def under developed