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61999674 (banned) to jbob

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Re: Aluminum foil bandit

Well I don't see how anyone could get anything for free due to the sat being down ... no authorization/approval, no goods.

Oh our Credit Card machine is down, you can fill it up and take $100 of stuff for no charge .. I don't think so.
Insder
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Insder

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That's the way it SHOULD work, security wise at least. Ever been to a supermarket and seen the line of pissed off shoppers when the credit card system goes down? I have been in that line. So many POS system makers now just approve all transactions under a certain amount (say $25-$50) and then store them for batch processing once the system is back up and running. It's a nice feature because it's transparent to the consumer, but as shown here can be used to get free stuff with fraudulent credit cards or even real ones.