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  • richard
    Yeah I suppose they would, a slice of my credit card action! They're going to be disappointed though, I always ...
  • mel
    I'm guessing that the person you're on the phone with gets some sort of bonus by selling you all the ...
 

Jul 11
2010

Posted by richard

My God getting a credit card activated these days is a really long procedure! I knew in the past that they ask you to get the extra protection cover but these days it’s even longer, they try to sell you insurance, and other plans.

I suppose that it’s good because they want to ensure that the customers stay with them and keep paying them regularly, but surely they can mail us all this stuff rather than keep us on the phone for 15 minutes going through bullshit!

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  • MacBros
    It's probably the memory thing. People remember big numbers by dividing them into sets. Like 20 40 for 2040, or ...
 

Apr 13
2008

Posted by richard

Why are credit/debit card pin numbers just 4 digits?

Is it because we are so bad at remembering things that that is the limit to our daily memory allowance? Can we not remember five digits or six digits? Interestingly you will note that many alarm systems are also just four digits – again with the four – what is going on here?

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