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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:53:20 PM EDT
Back in the before time you wood put the card in and slide the contraption and I wood imprint the number into the carbon copy paper.
Then they wood presumably send them to be processed.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:53:55 PM EDT
[#1]
Yep.
Shhh-chunk. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:54:55 PM EDT
[#2]
Yep, old skool.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:55:55 PM EDT
[#3]
I remember people asking for the carbon out of it so no one stole there card number.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:56:18 PM EDT
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zip-zop, we used them in a gas station i worked in, as a kid.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:56:41 PM EDT
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I saw one used in the late '00s-early 2010s when the electronic machine was down at a Dunham's store. I was born in '91 and that's the only time I can recall seeing one used.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:56:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:57:21 PM EDT
[#7]
A lot of stores still have these on standby for when their network goes down. I most recently saw them in use at a Chipotle.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:57:35 PM EDT
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Should be in your shtf gear.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:58:32 PM EDT
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Amazingly aerodynamic, and can be thrown with great accuracy without much practice.
(I took a bad one at a full-serve station I worked at while going to school and dropped it into the safe right away. The dood pulled a gun on me when I told him that the card was reported stolen, and started to drive away. I took offense, and hurled the swiper through his back window. Now I had my gun out as well, but it was un-needed as he made a hell of a racket turning around, which alerted the army of cops next door at Dunkin' Donuts). |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:58:37 PM EDT
[#10]
Seen one being used in the last year or so when the system was down.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 10:59:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A lot of stores still have these on standby for when their network goes down. I most recently saw them in use at a Chipotle. How does that work when the cards are not embossed? Do they write the numbers in and will the processor take it? |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:00:40 PM EDT
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We used one in Mexico in 2016. The electric was down and the resort pulled out the old school machine. I was shocked when my card wasn't compromised.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:00:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: zip-zop, we used them in a gas station i worked in, as a kid. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:00:50 PM EDT
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One of my first jobs I remember clearing out a storage closet, we had boxes and boxes of those blank forms, they all went into the dumpster.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:01:24 PM EDT
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Knuckle busters. We used to keep one in each location until offline processing became more common place.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:02:27 PM EDT
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If anyone is still using them now a days, they're probably gonna steal your info....
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:02:36 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How does that work when the cards are not embossed? Do they write the numbers in and will the processor take it? That's an interesting point. I've seen a couple with the printed numbers. I would think the card company wooden honor it as you could write anything in there |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:03:13 PM EDT
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First time I used my first credit card the clerk put it in the machine and promptly cut a corner clean off the card.
 While I was able to use it, I got plenty of  and had to order a replacement.Don’t forget to take your carbons! |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:05:36 PM EDT
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I used to run cards in one of those all the time. We had a book the card companies would send out periodically that had numbers of cards not to honor. What a PITA. Maybe why I hate retail.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:06:17 PM EDT
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Used to get a book weekly with bad credit card numbers. We were supposed to look them up before swiping.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:07:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. Shhh-chunk. Yep. A good part of the time, the carbon copy would get all jacked up. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:07:45 PM EDT
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My marina used one this summer when their POS terminal was down. It was for more than a few days. As half of the cards aren't embossed, they would simply write down the relevant details on an individual slip. They were actually processed quickly, because it wasn't a network issue. The walk from the gas tank and the fill shed inside is about 75 yards each way, while the tank and the gas dry dock are right next to the shed. They just walked them into the main office every so often. No problem. Kinda cool for everybody, actually, as it was like a brief walk back in time.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:08:28 PM EDT
[#23]
When I worked retail as a kid we used those.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:10:56 PM EDT
[#24]
We still have a couple of them shoved in a corner of the office. The boss won't throw them out for some reason.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:13:46 PM EDT
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Yes I remember a time with no PCI compliance requirements.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:15:16 PM EDT
[#26]
Quoted: Back in the before time you wood put the card in and slide the contraption and I wood imprint the number into the carbon copy paper. Then they wood presumably send them to be processed. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170265/manual-credit-card-machine-old-technolog-2626614.JPG 'Wood'? You have got to be kidding me. You can't possibly think that's the correct word. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:15:23 PM EDT
[#27]
Yup. I remember running them, cha-clunk, and dialing in the card number for approval.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:16:23 PM EDT
[#28]
This thread gave me WOOD...
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:16:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's an interesting point. I've seen a couple with the printed numbers. I would think the card company wooden honor it as you could write anything in there You mean like when anyone can type anything online into credit card? Haha |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:18:36 PM EDT
[#30]
Whatever.
Do you remember the metal charge plates from department stores?   |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:20:12 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How does that work when the cards are not embossed? Do they write the numbers in and will the processor take it? Yes, and yes. Although when the system is down for whatever reason and on whichever end, we just take the info and run it when everything is back online the same way we enter info when people call to make a payment using a card. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:24:08 PM EDT
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Last time I saw one was in 2000, at the PX on Camp Monteith, Kosovo. That thing got a teammate of mine in a world of trouble. He just kept using his card, with no regard for the balance. The salesperson had no way to know his account had become seriously overdrawn between his and his wife's spending habits. He is one of the only dudes I knew who came back from that 6 1/2 month deployment (complete with hazardous duty pay) being tens of thousands of dollars in the hole.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:24:13 PM EDT
[#33]
Yep, at my dad's service station.
We'd bundle up the hard copies and pay for the gasoline orders with them. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:24:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 'Wood'? You have got to be kidding me. You can't possibly think that's the correct word. 
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:25:11 PM EDT
[#35]
They can still be used.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:26:55 PM EDT
[#36]
Yep, but back when they were used widely, we typically wrote a check or used cash. I remember there being a fee for using a CC card, now the fee is already built into the price, so CC it is unless they give me a cheaper cash price.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:27:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes I remember a time with no PCI compliance requirements. I was happy to retire from IT before our first PCI self certification. I wasn’t worried so much about our systems because we did not keep CC info. Our processor did it for us and grew stored a token. I was worried about users who wanted to do their own thing and not follow procedures. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:31:39 PM EDT
[#38]
There's a gas station in a small town in my area that still uses them. And they still have old pumps with the numbers that roll over.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:37:04 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw one used in the late '00s-early 2010s when the electronic machine was down at a Dunham's store. I was born in '91 and that's the only time I can recall seeing one used. I have a similar story where I bought a lamp in a town called Oakland in Oregon. I still have a mechanical pocket watch I bought from a shop nearby. The lamp wound up developing a very bad electrical fault. 
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:41:56 PM EDT
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The first 4wd Jamboree in Springfield I attended had one for the participant entries.
Don’t know what happened but the charge never showed up on my account ever and I had that card for a few years. As a kid I remember seeing them get pulled out from under the counter at stores every once inawhile. I always assumed those were the rich people. Normal people paid cash or check. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:42:32 PM EDT
[#41]
Quoted: Back in the before time you wood put the card in and slide the contraption and I wood imprint the number into the carbon copy paper. Then they wood presumably send them to be processed. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170265/manual-credit-card-machine-old-technolog-2626614.JPG Give me the carbons! |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:44:29 PM EDT
[#42]
lol, old people thread...
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:46:07 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They can still be used. The replacement cards I've gotten recently are no longer stamped/embossed. Would they just write the information down? |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:46:24 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: zip-zop, we used them in a gas station i worked in, as a kid. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:47:13 PM EDT
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Yes
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:49:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Used to get a book weekly with bad credit card numbers. We were supposed to look them up before swiping. |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:50:41 PM EDT
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Local weld shop still takes credit card info by hand. I receive a receipt a few days later in the mail.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:51:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: lol, old people thread... Get off my lawn! |
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:52:36 PM EDT
[#49]
Yep and the small monthly book that may you look up for bad numbers.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 11:54:54 PM EDT
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Gat-damn pain in the ass. Gimme cash old man!
I worked at a gas station in the eighties, cranked off many a transaction with them. |
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