Well, I got my "new fantabulous" debit card several (6?) months ago - they included very exciting documentation about how ez this woule make transactions ahref=http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/abo utourcards/paypass/index.htmlrel=url2html-14326htt p://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/aboutourcard s/paypass/index.html>
I immediately called the customer service dept. The customer service rep, who tried to be very nice, and was very well trained on how easy, simple and secure this card was - but didn't know exactly much about how RFID actually works! I asked her if she thought EZ Pass was a good idea... and she knew what that was. When I explained that essentially my card and hers, I'm sure) was essentially the same thing - there was a long, quiet pause on the other side.
long story short - I said "well, I don't want this feature in my card, please send me an 'old' one." I was told that they didn't have the old ones anymore. I told them I would take my business elsewhere... and I was told that the cards were being driven/produced by Mastercard - and ALL hte banks were doing the same thing. Hmmm... Should have shorted that stock the next day!
Yours, with a pocket full of aluminum foil & Duct tape
CA in NY
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Well, I got my "new fantabulous" debit card several (6?) months ago - they included very exciting documentation about how ez this woule make transactions ahref=http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/abo utourcards/paypass/index.htmlrel=url2html-14326htt p://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/aboutourcard s/paypass/index.html>
I immediately called the customer service dept. The customer service rep, who tried to be very nice, and was very well trained on how easy, simple and secure this card was - but didn't know exactly much about how RFID actually works! I asked her if she thought EZ Pass was a good idea... and she knew what that was. When I explained that essentially my card and hers, I'm sure) was essentially the same thing - there was a long, quiet pause on the other side.
long story short - I said "well, I don't want this feature in my card, please send me an 'old' one." I was told that they didn't have the old ones anymore. I told them I would take my business elsewhere... and I was told that the cards were being driven/produced by Mastercard - and ALL hte banks were doing the same thing. Hmmm... Should have shorted that stock the next day!
Yours, with a pocket full of aluminum foil & Duct tape
CA in NY