I forgot this was topic worthy until Newby reminded me. Thanks Newby!
Last Thurdsay I got a debit card, a Wells Fargo Gold card! Yay!
I can withdraw $300 a day from an ATM, and spend $1000 a day.
I can spend MAX_AMOUNT_IN_BANK, but I can only withdraw $40 from a machine per day. :P
I use it at school, work and at restaurants that I trust, but nowhere else.
About the only place I use my debit card is at the ATM. I hate using it to purchase stuff. I just withdraw money and have my mom buy stuff on the internet.
Sad, because she uses Windows, and there's a good chance a key logger will get installed and it'll eventually steal her password long before any site does. :(
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Quote from: Blaze on November 07, 2006, 09:27:12 PM
I can spend MAX_AMOUNT_IN_BANK, but I can only withdraw $40 from a machine per day. :P
I use it at school, work and at restaurants that I trust, but nowhere else.
My school doesn't take credit or debit. The concession stands (yes, plural, I work at a big place) at work accept them though, so that in combination with the employee discount equals pwn. So far I've used it at work, Walmart, and McDonalds. :)
Quote from: Newby on November 07, 2006, 09:42:08 PM
About the only place I use my debit card is at the ATM. I hate using it to purchase stuff. I just withdraw money and have my mom buy stuff on the internet.
Sad, because she uses Windows, and there's a good chance a key logger will get installed and it'll eventually steal her password long before any site does. :(
I don't see any reason to use an ATM except for depositing, and I don't even know if they support that anymore (they used to, but it was always out of order, 24/7/365).
Also, Windows is relatively safe, if you know what you're doing. The fact is, though, that nearly everyone doesn't.
Quote from: Sidoh on November 07, 2006, 09:53:24 PM
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/me agrees.
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The concession stands (yes, plural, I work at a big place) at work accept them though, so that in combination with the employee discount equals pwn.
Joe, size doesn't matter at all when it comes to how many concession stands there are. If there's only 1 concession stand, the park sucks. It's a law.
Yes, I know, but reguardless I work at a HUGE place. We have four waterparks and a lake, plus like three hotel complexes. :)
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7821.msg97891#msg97891 date=1163002886]
reguardless
YOU'RE NOT CANADIAN. That's not even an acceptable spelling of regardless in any form of English.
In Canada, every store has debit (we call it 'interac') and everybody uses debit for everything, almost. It's very, very common here. Sounds funny for you Americanians who don't have debit.
We do have it. Joe just sucks at accepting social standards.
and at making originally titled topics :P
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 05:10:34 PM
We do have it. Joe just sucks at accepting social standards.
No, when I vacationed there last month maybe half the places I went to supported Debit, compared to here where they support it everywhere
Quote from: iago on November 08, 2006, 05:06:34 PM
In Canada, every store has debit (we call it 'interac') and everybody uses debit for everything, almost. It's very, very common here. Sounds funny for you Americanians who don't have debit.
What you said. :)
Quote from: iago on November 08, 2006, 05:06:34 PM
In Canada, every store has debit (we call it 'interac') and everybody uses debit for everything, almost. It's very, very common here. Sounds funny for you Americanians who don't have debit.
I heard that you guys don't use checks any more? Is this true?
Quote from: iago on November 08, 2006, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 05:10:34 PM
We do have it. Joe just sucks at accepting social standards.
No, when I vacationed there last month maybe half the places I went to supported Debit, compared to here where they support it everywhere
You were in the midwest. Coastal states, particularly in (sub)urban areas support debit (everywhere I've been to in Philly/NJ/NYC accepted debit).
Quote from: Sidoh on November 08, 2006, 11:28:30 AM
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7821.msg97891#msg97891 date=1163002886]
reguardless
YOU'RE NOT CANADIAN. That's not even an acceptable spelling of regardless in any form of English.
It was a typo, not me trying to be Canadian. And I will spell both colour and Saviour exactly as I'd like to. Actually, you're word "Savior" is pronounced with a u anyhow, if you ask me, so I spell it like that on accident!
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 09:13:15 PM
You were in the midwest. Coastal states, particularly in (sub)urban areas support debit (everywhere I've been to in Philly/NJ/NYC accepted debit).
Nobody's rejected my debit card yet. And besides, if they did, it's a valid visa credit card, too, in the sense that it's like a credit card on their side. I still get it immediately charged to my account, like a debit card. You know what I mean though, right?
Quote from: iago on November 08, 2006, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 05:10:34 PM
We do have it. Joe just sucks at accepting social standards.
No, when I vacationed there last month maybe half the places I went to supported Debit, compared to here where they support it everywhere
A lot of places just run the debit as credit to save money on systems they have to implement. Maybe you just didn't realize they supported debit in that way. The only places I can't use a debit card here (a small town at that) are on-campus organization things. I use my debit card literally everywhere. In fact, the only reason I ever have cash anymore is for tips (if you write the tip on the bill, they get that taxed, so I'd rather do them a favor and give them cash) and splitting things with other people.
Quote from: iago on November 08, 2006, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 05:10:34 PM
We do have it. Joe just sucks at accepting social standards.
No, when I vacationed there last month maybe half the places I went to supported Debit, compared to here where they support it everywhere
what kinda small ass town did you go to?
Even our city of 80k people is mostly cc/debit friendly
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7821.msg98019#msg98019 date=1163044663]
Actually, you're word "Savior" is pronounced with a u anyhow
No. It's not.
Quote from: rabbit on November 08, 2006, 09:13:15 PM
Nobody's rejected my debit card yet. And besides, if they did, it's a valid visa credit card, too, in the sense that it's like a credit card on their side. I still get it immediately charged to my account, like a debit card. You know what I mean though, right?
I'm not talking about "rejecting" it. I'm talking about places that accept cash or check only.
So do you want to buy those books/Nintendo 64 now?
To respond to an older post in this thread: it's sort of true. We do have cheques, but stores don't take them. Cheques are only used for person-to-person money transfers, it's very rare to use one for a business (unless it's mail-in).
Quote from: OG Trust on November 09, 2006, 07:23:37 AM
So do you want to buy those books/Nintendo 64 now?
Oh, yeah! How much for the N64 and games? And does your paypal accept credit card (I'd assume so, bringing it up in this thread).
Also, what books do you have?
And yay, it's payday!