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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you, that a company would air an ad that made their product look better than it does.
I am off to go drift my car across the desert and drink beer with bikini-clad supermodels.
Seriously, of course the ad isn't accurate. Why would it be?
Personally, I use a lot of plastic. Its more convenient for me. But I don't think that it slows anyone else down - or speeds things up.
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I remember when credit cards slowed things down. The cashier had to open the book of lost/stolen cards and see if there was a match or call the 800 number for approval. Oh those were the slow days of credit.
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
The only retailer with PayPass in my town is 7-11, though McDonalds is trying to catch up. Unfortunately, none of the banks here have started offering cards with PayPass.
I live off of plastic--a debit card. I've been using my debit card over cash since I came to college 7 years ago, because most places in this town accept plastic. In fact, businesses without plastic soon found they had to have credit card terminals in order to be competitive. There are only a couple of holdouts in town, but they're given a pass as they're more old-timers' bars than anything else.
And abaya, the phenomenon of debit cards is all over Europe, not just Iceland. I think the United States is a bit behind the times when it comes to adopting these technologies.
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oh and i can't tell you how many times the point of purchase credit card machines in Europe don't always work for for US cards. This was very true in Iceland driving up in Myvatn or in Western Fjords when the gas station was closed but the point of purchase pump was open. US cards were challenging in Spain, Finland, Austria in point of sale machines, regular hotel and dining wasn't a problem.
Now we have a bank card from Islandbanki now Glitnir. So no more troubles, and when we buy things for Icelanders they pay us in Kronur and transfer it into our bank account.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 09-18-2007 at 08:17 AM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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