On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:53:41 -0400, Sabrina Kilian wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:37:29 +0200, scott wrote:
>> 
>>>> Sure, but in most cases when multiple cards are misused you can trace
>>>> it back to one or more stores if that happens.
>>> Unless the store never puts through the orders on the cards they
>>> steal.
>> 
>> That's true, but the store would have to be complicit as well, then -
>> or there'd be serious underages in sales and problems with inventory
>> reconciliation.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> Swipe cards on fake reader, and store data on computer. Tell customer
> that the machine is having problems, ask for cash instead. As each card
> approaches it's exp date over the next year, use it for single large
> purchase.
> 
> The store wouldn't have to be complicit, the clerk would just have to be
> organized.

I don't know, if a customer didn't have cash with them, they'd not buy 
the product, maybe come back later and complain to staff about the 
earlier problem.  That'd raise flags (once upon a time, I worked retail - 
customers complain about the damnedest things).

Jim

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