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Re:On Cash by stephengillie on Sunday October 14, 2018 @02:26AM (#18211641)
Every cannabis store has at least 1 ATM inside, and a common transaction involves a trip to the ATM. When the ATM goes down, the store basically shuts down - they have to send people down the street to the nearest ATM, and some customers of course just goto another shop with a working ATM.
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Re:On Cash by gonesilent on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:50AM (#18211833)
Stores in CA now take debit cards. You buy a FED legal item such as a lighter and do cash back for the cannabis purchase. Wonder how long till the FED notice that...
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Re:On Cash by ValentineC on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:32PM (#18213677)
> You buy a FED legal item such as a lighter and do cash back for the cannabis purchase.

(I'm not based in the US.) I don't get it — aren't the point-of-sales system and card processing machine separate? How does cash back make a difference when all the card company knows is how much you're spending at a particular store?

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Re:On Cash by Buge on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:10PM (#18216415)
Maybe the card processor bans marijuana, so this is workaround for that rule.
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