Yeah and the beep should occur a few seconds after the user fails to remove the card, not immediately. I hate the excessive beeps at target.

it is law!

Normally it's like Keep card in... Keep card in... OMFG THE WORLD IS ENDING AHH RAPE RAPE REMOVE THE CAR... *quiet*

In my experience it's (visually) more like "Keep card in. HEY WANNA SIGN UP FOR A THINGY? No, don't remove card yet, keep it in. HEY THIS STORE HAS GREAT DEALS ON THINGS! No no, still keep the card in, okay, take the card out now... hello? Hey! HEY!"

*after removing card* Would you like an emailed receipt? Hello?

somehow eventually :3

OLD, old idea finally being implemented years after Europe implemented

that's because we wanted to see how the Beta Test worked most of the Bugs out first!
I'll still pay in CASH thanks.
--Rick

No because it was cheaper to pay off the fruad than fix it. When I say old they were talking talking about this idea before 1990

the main issue of using debt-slavery cards
these days Cash is hardly any better, but at least when you pay cash it's 100% down with NO monthly payments!

--Rick

...you...you telling me thats not how US debit/credit card readers work?

Cuz they work like that here. o.o

The visuals are clunkier. They grab your attention when you're supposed to do nothing but wait, and then they fail to grab attention when you're supposed to remove the card. It's annoying.

Sounds like a nice idea. More visual and clear, because some people really have it hard (either due to sight problems or general stupidity) when reading and following instructions.

A few days ago I swung by the gas station near home since there were no cars there. Deserted! Great!
Pulled up to lucky pump #4 (which is unlucky in Japan but this isn't Japan).
Go in to pay cash and there's a man at the counter with coffee and about a dozen items and a voice like Elmer Fudd (I'm not kidding).
Elmer: "No no, put this in with that. Oh, could you put those in a sepawate bag? Don't put that on top of this. Can you put the kawfee in the bag? Oh, I'll have to cawwy it then. (?)
He tries to wave his chip card at the reader. Then he tries to swipe with the short edge of the card and misses and nearly falls over (?).
I try to help him and get him to put the chip in the right way. He immediately pulls it out and the machine bleeps.
Finally the lady behind the counter grabs his card, turns the machine around, and does it all for him, which was totally stupid.
Then I hand her $10 and flee out the door before Elmer even turns around.
Your suggestions would help but only for non-Elmers.

Not like customers would read the fucking thing anyway.

You want to know something weird? At the Jewel food stores, the card readers instruct you to remove the card BEFORE they run the authorization routine. I had thought the card was supposed to be "captive" to the reader for the ENTIRE time of the transaction, in order to prevent fraud.

I've had that happen too at smaller merchants around here. Kinda weird.

I like your ideas for the display, but while the card's inserted it should make sucking, chewing, or 'NOM NOM NOM' sounds as the transaction's processed, followed by a burp to tell you to remove the card.

I have a chip card and when it gets within a few inches of the reader the reader beeps and its done... Unless I am trying to buy more than $80 then it asks for a pin.
Not that it matters as that card is pretty much only used for online purchases.

That works unless you're color blind like two people at my office.

Well, the green could be brighter than the red. Or the screen could flash a bit, or display some sort of animation, like a starburst pattern or balloon floating by. As long as it's eye-catching.

Some places around here -have- thankfully changed that "remove card" nasty buzz to a more pleasant chime.

Given the prevalence of red/green colorblindness, the two screens should also switch from light text on dark background to dark text on light. Maybe white on a dark red, and black on a bright green?

Oh hey, that already came up. But still!

I'd say the red background here looks too much like an error—and if it's understood as an error, "Keep card inserted" has to be understood as the error's instructions on how to resolve it, leaving us to think that the card wasn't seated properly and it's telling us to make sure it is.

How about a grey background with red lettering? Just so long as the "Remove card now" screen looks significantly different. That's the one point where action is required and it should be the point where the screen visually changes the most.

Hmmm~ Maybe this would be a place where a progress bar might be appropriate? "step 1 of n..."

I'm used to using a debit card so I have another step with action required (entering the PIN).

Oh wow, ads on a credit card reader?

I consider myself pretty lucky I haven't been exposed to that.

Generally it took me a couple read-throughs and half of the comment section to figure out that this isn't thick irony, as this description is pretty much how it works where I live, minus the presence of ads.

Yeaaaah, this is America, where GOD FORBID any person go more than five seconds without being ADVERTISED TO somehow, somewhere. There's even TV screens on gas pumps now, to play ads while you pump your gas. Nobody likes it but it happens anyway.

Wow, I'm actually impressed.
In a time when paying for Netflix means you get no ads (except for the ads Netflix shows you for other things you can watch on Netflix) they still find a way.
I watch a surprising amount of Korean ads recently because Korean Starcraft League was exclusive to Twitch, and the ads were built in to the broadcast like on traditional TV. We've come such a long way.

Yup, when it says "swipe or insert", it makes you think that you can do either one, so emphasizing to insert first and swipe only if that's not an option makes a lot of sense.

And yes, no loud buzz when you're supposed to remove it! It makes me think like it's saying YOU'D BETTER NOT REMOVE THE CARD, DON'T REMOVE, DON'T REMOVE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOW REMOVE THE GODDAMN CARD!! :P

Definitely. I hate using cards for the reason that the current system is so annoying; it beeps to remind you to leave the card in! The beep to pull it out is twice as annoying, and it starts beeping before the message even shows up...

It's a base :D

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