Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru...
by astura on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:28AM
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>Also, I have never had a restaurant ask me for a card over the phone.
If you want to pay for delivery (not pickup) with a credit card and the restaurant doesn't have online ordering then you'd read the credit card over the phone. Of course you have to say the words "I'd like to pay with credit," otherwise they'll assume you'll pay cash on delivery. Really standard before online ordering became big.
Some restaurants even have a POS system that when you've used a credit card in the past to pay for a delivery order with the phone number/address combination your using for your current order they'll ask you "would you like to use Visa ending in 1234?"
As an aside I didn't know it was a thing until I overheard my roommate doing it. This was 15 years ago now.
If you want to pay for delivery (not pickup) with a credit card and the restaurant doesn't have online ordering then you'd read the credit card over the phone. Of course you have to say the words "I'd like to pay with credit," otherwise they'll assume you'll pay cash on delivery. Really standard before online ordering became big.
Some restaurants even have a POS system that when you've used a credit card in the past to pay for a delivery order with the phone number/address combination your using for your current order they'll ask you "would you like to use Visa ending in 1234?"
As an aside I didn't know it was a thing until I overheard my roommate doing it. This was 15 years ago now.