Is Tim Hortons the ONLY freaking place that DOESN'T take interact?!?

HansHurt

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Yea, that gets to me to...I wonder why they do that, It's only a small charge to them, maybe because coffee and donuts are their primary sales, and the small charge would affect their bottom -line
 

Jonny

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Yeah, it is a bit of a burn, but I guess it's also understandable...if you were waiting in a LONG line with everyone using interact...your quick morning coffee would become a LONG process.

BTW, some Mcdonalds also do not have interact.
 

BigToque

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<< BTW, some Mcdonalds also do not have interact >>



I didn't realize that... I haven't seen one yet though.
 

JayPatel

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well when ur selling things that only cost a buck or so, the small interact fee does indeed cut into your bottom line. The Great Canadian Bagel here locally has now stopped taking it as well because they cant &quot;afford&quot; it
 

d0ofy

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BTW, some Mcdonalds also do not have interact.

Yeah, it is pretty impossible to interact with the idiots there.
BTW, what is Interact? I figure it's some automated way to get orders and billing done. I've seen no such thing in NYC yet.
 

BigToque

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its a card (just like a credit card).

when you make a purchase, they swipe your card in an interact machine, and it removes the purchase amount directly from your account.
 

StageLeft

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It kinda sucks but it hurts their bottom line and would make lines VERY slow.

Anyway I've recently come to never use debit cards at all. $.50 for some cash is retarded when I can just get a cash advance on my visa card (then all I pay is 10% annual interest which works out to about virtually nothing over even a months period on, say $20 withdrawal) or use a visa card almost anywhere.
 

NicColt

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jeez that's all we need, 20 in line waiting to use interact. what we need is a smart bank card, swipe and wipe.
 

wilki24

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Interact? Where do they come up with these names? Marketing people must have a lot of spare time on their hands.

Debit Card = Check Card. Never heard 'Interact' before. Is that a bank thing, or a general term?
 

Pepsi90919

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It's spelled Interac, not &quot;interact.&quot;

It's usually built on to your bank card as an automated debit service.