FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Why are people so RUDE at the grocery store???

"Tony P." wrote:
>
> In article >,
> says...
> > Damsel > wrote in
> > :
> >
> > >>> Then you have to wait for the receipt to print and then sign and
> > >>> go.
> > >>
> > >>Sign? On a bank card? Or are you using a credit card? Maybe it
> > >>works differently where you are, wherever that might be...
> > >
> > > The machines here will not accept bank debit cards as debit cards.
> > > They treat them as credit cards only. Still faster than writing
> > > a check and waiting for it to clear the screening process, or
> > > finding the right change. Swipe, sign, and leave.
> >
> > One would think that the bastion of ideological kapitalyism would
> > find a faster way to get money circulating. We input a PIN number
> > rather than sign. Faster still.
>
> Yes but the banks here make it disadvantageous to just enter the PIN and
> go. The rule states that if you enter the pin, you're on the hook for
> anywhere between .35 and .75 as a 'POS' fee that goes right to the bank.
> But if you sign for it there isn't any additional charge. Funny how that
> works.

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Consider getting a new bank. I have a (US) bank account and a credit
union account with debit cards on both. Neither charges a fee for using
my PIN.