Originally Posted by
gregorygrady
Sounds like a bad mag strip? I'd say 90% chance due to fraudsters erasing your mag strip, and 10% chance due to an ACTUAL bad mag strip. I'd liquidate that puppy into your power/water/HOA/etc bill ASAP to avoid yourself a headache of trying to get the funds back from Incomm. You could try taking it to another store (Safeway/Albertsons/WM/etc), but I'd act fast to beat the fraudsters to the funds.
so it not showing anything when I swipe is likely due to bad mag strip? Or someone tampered with it?
Also, why is it that when I check the balance online, it says error? But when I call into the phone system, it shows the balance?