Does this happen in real life?
There are a few versions of “pick up card” responses that require the merchant to hold on to the card and contact the issuing bank. I’m not sure if a bank would instruct them to destroy it, probably more likely they’d ask the merchant to hold on to it until law enforcement showed up.
https://www.totalmerchantconcepts.com/educational-resources/credit-card-issuer-response-codes.html
I’ve seen it in movies.
snort
I never personally encountered the
CUT CARDmessage while I worked retail, but my understanding was there was actually a bounty given when you did this. That is a level above just “declined”, of course. Don’t know what the situation is these days.someone ate the onion
No, I know it’s the Onion; just inspired me to think back on that bit of policy
mmmmkay, your breath smells lile onions though…
Sounds like a US thing
Sounds like a dumbass thing. Who the hell cuts a credit card in half that may or may not have failed due to network errors of the card reader?
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