Originally Posted by
givingitatry
After swiping an OV for the first swipe, before the CSR keyed in the payment, she stopped in mid sentence and said "um, let me see your card". I pulled out my PPBDC which I had on top of the OV and handed it to her. She turned it over to inspect the back like she was looking for a barcode on a GC. She said that wasn't the card I used...
Has anybody else seen this today?
I've been having that happen for months with various clerks. Depends on the store and the clerk. They get the training and some are more into it than others. I've been asked to hand over my cards several times. My guess is most of them are trained to trigger on a request for $500 splits. Perhaps some of them learn the common giftcard bank codes and recognize them when they pop up on their screen. The first six digits of the card identify the company that issued the card. Some will notice the numbers on the receipt. You've been lucky with your stores if you have not run into this earlier.