Comments on: Magnetic stripes on credit cards

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:59:44 +0000

heh, yes Sawai. It was supposed to make life easier. In reality, life got more complicated in the process itself; the results are achieved much easier than before, but the process has made us indulge in much more complicated things.

By: sawai

sawai — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:05:07 +0000

I thought technology was supposed to make life simpler… hehehe

By: Bes

Bes — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:24:33 +0000

Own personal bank — > Sure, I can send it via Fedex. Even better; let me know your bank account number and I will deposit the cash directly into your account.

Valerie — > I think it’s because a wallet goes into the pockets in shirts or normal pant pockets or the back pocket, and thus the wallet is pressed against a lot. That results in some of the things inside the wallet moving from time to time, which means that the magnetic stripe rubs against the interior of the wallet and gets demagnetized.

Wow, I can only imagine about the card that broke in half. I’ve had a few cards of different sorts that were in really bad condition, but that happened because of usage also.

Many places these days don’t know how to do the old way of charging cards [both typing them in manually or swiping them against a paper to save an imprint of the credit card, if that's what you're referring to], like at bookstores or many restaurants. I think carrying some cash all the time is a good idea. If there were no ATM fees, I’m sure people would use any nearby ATM to get cash, instead of looking far away for their personal bank atm.

By: valerie

valerie — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:27:53 +0000

This seems to be more of a problem for men than women from what I’ve seen. I’ve yet to have a problem with any of mine but you should see Steve’s… whoa. He had one card that was recently replaced that got so bad it finally broke in half. He always had to go in gas stations with it and have them do the old way of charging credit cards.

By: Your Own Personal Bank

Your Own Personal Bank — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:02:08 +0000

If your wallet is getting too fat, just send the cash over to me. I’ll take care of it. [innocent smile]

By: Bes

Bes — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:29:27 +0000

Oh, I didn’t know that . I thought they worked all the time from personal experience and from hearing from other people. Thanks for sharing.

I guess we need completely new kinds of magnetic stripes then, hmmmm.

By: Chau

Chau — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:44:42 +0000

Actually, the magnetic strips on government issued cards sometimes doesn’t work either…