[kwlug-disc] OT: Canada Computers credit card skimmer

[Remi Gauvin]

On 2026-01-27 10:23 a.m., Doug Moen wrote:
>> What kind of modern franchise store uses cash registers?
> I always pay cash at Canada Computers (as well as at every other franchise store). This would not be possible if they did not have cash registers.


Maybe because I'm an old ludite, but in my mind, a crash drawer attached
to a full fledged Point of Sale system is very different from what I
think of "regular cash registers.".  The exception being Walmart, their
POS is very cleverly disguised to look like cash register.

But I think the real distinction relevant here, is the Point of Sale
system tied to the payment system. You'll notice in some small stores,
for example, after they ring in your puchase, they have to manually
input the amount into the Debit/Credit machine, which are not connected
to whatever PoS or Register being used.  This is not the case with
Canada Computers.