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Old Dec 12, 2017, 6:53 pm
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Klemhuzzah
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Another thing I noticed -- at Walgreens, the cashier scanned the package and asked for the amount I wanted to put on it. At Kroger, the cashier took the package and STARTED TEARING IT APART!! After I got over my surprise, I assumed he was checking for tampering and I didn't say anything. Now that I'm home and have had more time to look at the cards and packaging, I realize the true reason. The Walgreens/Vanilla card has the barcode on the package. The Kroger/US Bank card has the bar code on the card, and the bar code is covered by the package. The cashier was just tearing away the strip so he could scan it. Actually makes me feel safer purchasing from Kroger since at Walgreens everyone has access to the barcode. I don't know what a criminal could do with it, but I suspect it wouldn't be good.
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