quote:Originally posted by Archie2K: * - I've no idea what people do to destroy their credit cards so much. Mine I've carried it for two years and the signature is still clear and the strip fully intact.
Maybe they've had it for more than two years. I'm not sure how long I've had my debit mastercard, but it's more like 3-5 years than 2, and I use it all the time. I won't get a new one until mid- to late-January, and yes, the strip is so worn off that they "VOID" is showing. I may have to resort to checks and cash for a few weeks.
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Sometimes if I'm carrying a very small purse I put my debit card in the interior pocket of the purse, since my whole wallet won't fit. I imagine this contributes to wear and tear on the card a bit more than having it safely encased in clear plastic. Maybe others do something similar?
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What do people do with their credit cards to ruin the strip? They *use* them.
Some months I have 60+ transactions, usually when I travel. I carry my wallet in my coat pocket, rather than my pants, so I don't sit on it the whole day. The card wears with every time I pull it from my wallet, and from repeated swiping, it eventually bends. Automated card readers at gas stations (where you insert the card into the machine, and the mechanism presses the magnetic strip tight against the reader) seem to tbe the worst for this.
My average credit card lasts roughly 10 months. Every time I suspect trouble with the card, I call in and a replacement is sent by courier, arriving within 2-3 days.
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My bank issues little paper sleeves (which I childishly call "card condoms") with our debit/credit cards. It seems to reduce the wear and tear (and the chance of inadvertant demagnification) significantly.
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Random fact: my dad's printing company once contracted with the company that makes those sleeves.
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Also, the wear and tear depends on the quality of the actual plastic. If your bank orders cheap cardstock, it'll wear faster.
ETA I don't mean "plastic" the substance, but "plastic", a common term for a blank credit card. Sorry for being, once again, more confusing than helpful.
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Just another thought - I've had the same bank card (which I use for ATMs and debit transactions) for 3+ years now, and my credit cards last barely a year. When I last got a replacement bank card, my banker reached into a drawer, pulled out the card on top of a stack, and configured it to my accounts. It was a randomly numbered card, rather than the custom-pressed replacement credit cards. I have no "attachment" to the old bank card number, unlike the credit card. Maybe the bank cards are made from better stock than the custom-printed credit cards?
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quote:Originally posted by Mr. Furious: I have an atrocious signature, and one that varies widely from signing to signing. The first purchase I made in London, the cashier asked me to re-sign so that the signature matched the one on the card. I thanked her, and told her that I wish that they did that more in the US.
Of course, if you had stolen the card and were copying the signature, she only gave you another chance to practice.
According to a security video I watched at work years ago, soaking the card in a solution of ethylene glycol (sp?) aka antifreeze will fade most biro marks on the signature strip. Then wash, dry and overwrite with your own version of the signature.
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Apparently I wasn't thinking deviously enough.
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quote:Originally posted by Xia: I wanted a cheeseburger with just cheese. I asked for a plain cheeseburger. When I checked on the way out (I always check since they get it wrong so often) I found out they had given me a plain hamburger! Just a meat patty and a bun.
Xia, my brother ordered a plain cheeseburger "cheese and mayo only" at a particular McDonalds once.. and got a bun with ONLY mayo and cheese on it. At least you got meat!
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Subway tends to do this for me, which is odd since they make the sandwich right in front of you. And it's not like I ask for a lot of fancy stuff or a specific order. I just ask for mustard and they put mayonaise on, or pickles and they put on lettuce. More than once I've gotten a sandwich with hot peppers instead of pickles, which I can't stand.
I won't eat at Wendy's anymore because I ordered two hamburgers with no onions on them. I have an onion allergy, and although it's not a serious allergy, because it's an unusual one (it's not uncommon, just a lot of people who have it don't know it. They just think onions make them a little queasy. It's more severe with me: I get stomach cramps) a lot of people don't believe me when I stress it's important not to put onions on my food (a few onions are okay, but not more than that). One night I went to Wendy's and ordered my burgers, and they both had onions on them. I brought them back, and they insisted I asked for onions. I got two burgers...with the exact reverse of what I had ordered on them (no mustard, no pickles, just ketchup and onions). I brought them back, they gave me two burgers, I checked, and finally it looked okay. I eat one burger, then open the other and start eating...and the second one had onions all over it.
That particular restaurant is now closed, fortunately.
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Talking about food allergies her is a good one,
I took my foster parents out to dinner last year we all like seafood so seafood restaurant we went before ordering I asked what on the menu would not have cayenne pepper in it as the restaurant has some thing that do have this in it, Our waiter was really nice at this point and told me that the popcorn shrimp would be my best bet so I order this not 2minuted after eating acouple of these shrimp my tongue starts to swell and my lips, So my mom calls over the wawiter while I quickly go to the restroom to take care of what I need to since I prefer living to death, When I get back to the table i get told by the same waiter "You should have known we have cayenne in it because our parent company is in New Orleans". How am I suppose to know where there parent company is being that I was in VA, Not only did they except me to pay for a meal that had caused me to have a severe allergic reaction they tried to make it out to be my fault. I have worked in plenty of restaurants and bars as waitstaff and as management, But never have I ever been treated as if it is my fault being aleregic to something, contacted there corporate office and they send me coupon for free food. LIke I would ever go back there.
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I hear you Diesa! Most times servers are great about my daughter's food allergies but once in a while we get a real winner. I've even had one demand (and you had to hear his voice to understand that when I say demand I mean demand) to know whether her allergy to tomatoes was life threatening or not. Clearly unless she was going to curl up and die at the table he figured a few tomatoes should be no big deal and we were needlessly complicating his life
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