Originally Posted by
AlohaDaveKennedy
And now for something completely different:
I go into Wally World last night to buy paper goods and my debit card won't work when swiped so the clerk grabs a plastic bag.
Then he puts my card in it and swipes the card through the plastic bag.
The card works. Abolutely amazing! Keep this in mind if your swiped card does not work next time.
I wouldn't call this 'new' (well maybe for you
); it happens all the time.
It's hard to say if it's the magnetic strip or the merchants machine.
I get this at least a few times a month.