Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can't recall when I got my first one, must have been in the mid-80s ? Yes, there was a time in my film days when they also had that (flat)iron to stamp the digits on paper. I bought my Contax with that in 1981 :-) That was a real credit card then - I got some purchases I had made in India withdrawn from my account 6 to 8 months later ;-) I had even forgotten I had bought these things ... The next move is the smart phone - all the banks here are now competing to sell phone subscriptions to their clients so that they may switch their systems to cellphone payment ... Amiti?s Philippe Le 3 juin 13 ? 22:41, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > I think I got my first one last week. A debit card. > Its got a thing in the front so I don't have to swipe it I think. > Just get > it near something. But I've not had a chance to try that out yet but > its > only been a week. > > > On 6/3/13 3:43 PM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> This is old hat Mark >> >> Smart cards are the standard the world over. >> >> Ph >> >> >> >> Le 3 juin 13 ? 21:38, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : >> >>> And you can hope those particular magnets are not going to mess up >>> your >>> particular credit cards as they go near them. >>> >>> http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/video-magnets-make-credit-card-m >>> ag-stripe-not-work-1457.php >>> >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/kx6v5w2 >>> >>> >>> On 6/3/13 12:41 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: >>> >>>> magnetism >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible >> to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. NO ARCHIVE