What’s the card imprint?

@@somes3cretcat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_imprinter

@@somes3cretcatif you didnt have live card authorization & settlement services via either 1. dedicated store dish-to-Satellite connection or 2. dialup using some other analog system (not internet dialup) then you would put the card on a tray, take a imprint (essentially cheap xerox copy). You know how credit cards used to always have raised letters and numbers? running the imprint board over the copy would ‘hit’ each letter and thus ‘imprint’. All the pieces of paper would be collected at end of day or every 3 days and snail-mailed to the credit card processor who would THEN manually input the sale. So yeah, major hassle, major transaction fees, and major opportunity for cards bouncing. internet wasn’t as widely available & even where it was, card processors did not have internet gateways created to securely handle card payments over TCP/IP. live internet backboned payment gateways just didn’t exist yet… if you went to a major retailer like JCPenny or Sears they would either imprint or dialup to authorize the charge live, which would take about 1-2 minutes after swiping the card on the computer. More info then u probably ever wanted to know but there u have it :) in an era where everything happens over the internet looking back when every store had their own dedicated satellite system or systems it felt a lot more secure…….

Same, although I am glad we don't have to sign receipts anymore.

I find them loud and obnoxious

THey sucked.

It still exists today with more independent stores.

@@DorianPaige00 With more limited editions, more colored vinyl and higher prices. I much prefer the old days.

Me too. Although I didn’t have a Vibes in my area. I did shop at National Record Mart and Waves Music. Miss the Stores. Now all we got is online Shopping.

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In the olden days the credit card companies regularly sent out printed lists of invalid card numbers. You were expected to check the customer’s card against the black list. I never saw anybody actually doing that!

I don't like excitement either though. I don't want to have to validate that. I like neutral and normal...loll

@@Optim40 Excitement is fine. I prefer it as long as they don't expect me to match their energy. I like seeing employees enjoy their job even if I have a regular response to them lol

@@PeteZa92 Nah...Im good. Just do your job and leave me alone. If I need something I'll ask you.

Nowadays music is so vastly available that people don't even value it!

@@rohan_3128 oh yes, if you paid your hard earned money for it you PAID attention big time!

Naw it was the radio.

Barnes and Nobles music section was one of the last places to let you scan and sample CDs. Some might still exists.

Harmony House was my go-to store for CD's back in the day. They were a bit expensive, but you could find CD's there, that you couldn't find at Kmart.

Any device off the internet is safe. The music can be pulled from the streaming services at anytime.

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Haha, right? I'm 36 and I knew credit cards were a thing, and I also remember that slidy thing they did with the paper on top of it. But yeah, I certainly wasn't paying for things at 9 years old. I know my parents had them in 1996 but didn't use them nearly as often. I remember my mom was still writing checks at the grocery store. Imagine trying to do that now. 😂

Same with me.

The 1990s

Porn

It's not a Gen z trait I can tell you that much for sure. Their pop culture doesn't allow it. It's all mumble rap and depression. We had Emo but it was a specific cult.

1967 HIPPY ON LSD LOCAL SHOESTORE

I'm a cashier and I'm usually that happy

Nobody was gonna see it in high volume, there was no internet then and now it is long past doesn’t matter, lol.

​@@ThesweaterfactoryI had Windows 95 and AOL!

What happened to the CD after it was thrown in the trash?

@@miguelmontero6130Someone either noticed the CD in the trash and took it or it ended up going to the landfill is my guess lol.

@@SevenSummersAgoI can imagine the look on someone’s face picking it up from the trash and having to clean it thoroughly

Same here. I remember a 21 year old bandmate at the time calling me a "bit of an old b*stard" 😮

She's probably close to being a grandma now.

Statistics show that with all the mass shootings in the US, most likely she's a victim.

​@@Anarchist86ed no stop 😂

Cancer took her 😢

​@@Ava_Mackenzie omg, how do you know?

I agree with your opinion

Me too. I remember seeing those imprinters and card modules as a child, as well as the built-in cheque and docket frankers that the more sophisticated EPOS terminals at bigger chains used. Nowadays, it's quicker thanks to C&P and contactless, but thanks to the speed of transactions, it's far easier to overspend on a whim.

I can barely remember those things!

So do the makers of carbon paper

Absolutely agree. Lots of young people here.

@@vampirerobot Probably still paying off those CDs.

@@Anarchist86ed 🤣🤣🤣

Yes! Considering there was two charge transactions on the 2000 Barnes and Noble video with the other eighteen or so being cash.

Probably a college town.

2007 was when smartphones and social media started taking off. More people got phones and more people became dicks.

@@chaddeez8446 Yea and I think right now we're definitely seeing the consequences of smart phones and media platforms.

Yep. Everyone speaks internet in person. You'll be having a conversation and they don't know how to navigate through it cordially. They just barrell though and start talking about themselves and what they do and think like how people leave comments on the internet. It's truly strange.

They look a lot older than the late 80s. In fact, these have got to be TRW-Fujitsu TFC7880s, but without the LEDs on the display. By the late 80s-early 90s, they would have been superceded in Fujitsu's product line by the Fujitsu ICL 9518/200, and later the TeamPOS 5000 in 1994.

Only recognised Marilyn Manson

The pad they rubbed the cds on is a security demagnetizer, they would do this when you purchased a cd because cds back in the day had a security feature on them to prevent theft.

Tons of people still use cd's~

So people of today can go "American Express lol"

The guy in the green shirt was using a credit card imprint device. The paper used was carbon copy so it imprint your credit card number and your name on the paper when you swiped using the imprint device. One copy I think was sent to the credit card company so they had record of the purchase and the other copy the store kept to bring to their bank at the end of the day when the store closed, they’d put all the cash(or some) into a bank deposit bag and included was those credit card imprint slips. At least that’s how I remember anyways lol. I was born in the 80s and a teen in the 90’s. Stores used those imprint machines until the early to mid 2000’s once the debit/credit machines we use now were available and online banking became more popular along with having to use a PIN number and tap to confirm your purchase. Hope this helps lol.

CDs technically use lossless WAV files.

@@paulsteel9127 that comment triggered the audio nerd in me lol more like prehistoric FLAC

Except less lossy and crappy sounding

CDs are way higher quality than mp3

1:04 Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar. I was 12 at the time and my mom almost had a heart attack when she found it, threw it way and I got grounded lol.

@@panthertrain1984 yeah i had that album new. My mom took me to go see the Antichrist Superstar/dead to the world tour April 29 1997 Ft Wayne coliseum. I was 11 and I wore a black dress with black nail polish. awesome show. there was a makeshift church in the parking lot protesting the show's existence. Nerds.