I have to get gas about once a week. My time to fill up came yesterday after church. I’m glad for the swipers on pumps. I remember a time you had to always go inside. But I do think the security feature of typing your zip code is a little silly, especially if the font is so big you can see the numbers from across the street.
I took the picture before I entered my super-secret zip code.
But I’m still glad I didn’t have to go inside, even if the whole gas station full of people now knows my zip code.
Yeah. What is up with that? Is it to make sure your card isn’t stolen? Why do stores ask for your zip code? Is there some prize for the shopper who came from farthest (furthest?) away?
Crazy stores. I’ll just live out of my car. That’ll show them. (I woke up grumpy.)
I don’t like how stores ask for your phone number. I usually ask why they need it. Then they tell me that they don’t. So I don’t give them my number yet I am still able to check out.
Businesses ask for my email address. I tell them that I don’t have one. They look at me a bit strangely and finish processing my transaction. That’s right; I don’t want your junk mail filling up my inbox.
Because the transaction is not happening in a way that the merchant can verify that you are who you say you are, they ask for the zip code to see if it matches the address on record with the card.
The code on the back of the card is the CVV code and is used in card not present transactions (web based, phone based). That code only appears on the physical card (is not stored in the magnetic, or mag, strip)and last I knew was generated by an algorithm of the card holders SSN and the card number. This code is generally not used as part of the transaction at merchants and that helps mitigate fraud should the merchant have a breach.
-your friendly banker
“Algorithm”?? “Mitigate”?? You kiss your mother with that mouth?
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