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A device where you could swipe in a handful of half-used telephone calling cards, and have the balance refunded in cash, or a new card. It would work by automatically contacting the card vendors and transferring the balances.
[UnaBubba: parents for their kids going to camp or college, tourists,
people who travel a lot. bristolz: a first, eh? phoenix: we're not trying to hack the card - see explanatory note.]
Breakage (accounting term)
http://en.wikipedia...eakage_(accounting)
A term from accounting for gift cards that have been sold but not redeemed. Generally, any paid-for-but-unused value. [land, Dec 13 2007]
Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee
Destination URL.
E.g., http://www.coffee.com/
Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)
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...and swipe your debit card to have the balance refunded to your bank account. |
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Who uses those cards? I don't know anyone who buys them, yet they seem to be for sale everywhere. |
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I did it on a vacation to the States. |
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If you can hack the card, why not just add unpaid-for time? |
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[UnaBubba], prepaid cards are used a lot in the western US, as Mexican immmigrants can use them to call to their families down south. |
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[DrCurry], this is definitely worth my croissant. |
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yep, a great idea
P.S. [Unabubba], everyone not using Skype uses them, surely, it costs me 1/2c AU a minute to the UK. |
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I like this idea, even though I think that the card vendors, once they have your money, are not going to give it up. These guys make at least some of their money on "breakage" (see link). |
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