Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard

Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by coderdude on Friday June 17, 2016 @01:30PM (#11924087)

For me, the extra time isn't too much of a burden. It does take longer than a few seconds but that's not my beef with it. My beef is with the problem of "so, what do I do? Insert or swipe?"

Some places require inserting. Some places still use swiping. There's a swipe area and an insert slot. The cashier looks at you like you're new to using credit cards when you don't guess the right method, even though it's different everywhere you go. It's a mess and apparently the chip isn't even a requirement. Screw the chip.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by gherkin0 on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:40PM (#11924642)

Honestly, I thought things were a whole lot better (from a UX perspective) when you just handed the cashier the card and they operated the card reader for you. They know their system's idiosyncrasies; the customer doesn't.

I'm unhappy that stores have been pushing more and more cashier work onto the customer without adopting an industry standard UI for their payment systems.

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