How to Remedy a Failed Credit Card Swipe
By Tanner Brown • Mar 28th, 2008 • Category: Tech & Gadgets
Have you ever been in the stressful situation where you stand in a checkout line for 7 hours and then finally get to the register and you try to swipe your credit card but your card isn’t accepted? You know your card is valid, but the stupid little machine thinks it isn’t. If this is a common problem for you, next time you are at the register try this easy remedy…
Slip your stubborn card inside a plastic shopping bag (typically hanging right next to the card swipe reader). Smooth out all wrinkles and ensure that the bag is tight and taut on the magnetic stripe side of the card. Now swipe your card/bag combo through the card reader. Success! The addition of the layer of plastic above the magnetic strip dampens the magnetic noise that is responsible for the bad reading. A piece of scotch tape reportedly works well, too.
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Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too.
Aaron Wakling
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