EBT Gone Wild!!!

[Captain FT]

food stamps, temporary assistance for needy familes and Im sure other shit all go on a credit card looking thing thats an EBT card
thats about all I know about it

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[nangiggles]

that's a good point... why is it that walmart is the only store that accepts ebt?? or so it seems..

Most stores accept it, hell I saw a sign in 7eleven stating u could buy their full large pizza with it.

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[nangiggles]

xerox apparently had pretty clear instructions for what to do in the event of an outage which they did tell the retailers about. It's on those companies then what they allowed people to buy over the cards limit. The optics don't look good for a company that pulls in 500B to not cover what probably amounts to a few hundred thousand over a couple stores.

Most people are pulling towards blaming walmart, however, shouldn't there be some sort of consequence for those who exploited the system???

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[bigbassturd]

Welcome to my club.

Yeah idk what the fuck that is...

I think we call that something else.in TX...fuck I dunno

 

[mrplunkey]

Most people are pulling towards blaming walmart, however, shouldn't there be some sort of consequence for those who exploited the system???

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Yes, there should be consequences. But the moment you go to collect that cash, the exploiters will play the victim and racism cards.

 

[TableFun]

They should have their cards taken away.

 

[mrplunkey]

They should have their cards taken away.

I agree, but a couple of savvy attorneys could file a class-action suit and win them new cards along with damages and legal fees.

 

[nangiggles]

They should have their cards taken away.

they temporarily used it like a credit card, using funds you really don't have, therefore the balance should be negative until it's "caught up" with new funds.

Don't get me wrong people, I'm not a heartless bitch, I know many of those who used it really could use the extra food due to horrible personal situations, I know they didn't use it on like electronics or shit like that it's food, I know a lot of people could have used the break, however if MY bank had a problem like this and I used funds I didn't have I would be forced to pay at least some if not all back, so this should apply here as well.

 

[EF Shanna]

Nan, I agree. They should repay. At first I was thinking Xerox should pay but the more I read about it and hear about it the more I realize that Xerox notified everyone needed to verify that their services were indeed down. Soooo either walmart of the people who spent the money should repay..

Of course you are going to get those that claim they didnt know and blah blah blah....Fun times!

 

[bigbassturd]

Why should anyone but the individuals have to repay a fucking dime?

Whatever happened to self control and personal responsibility?