Imagine this. You’ve put off getting a renewed car registration until the last minute and, now, in the afternoon of the last business day of the month, you get your paperwork together and rush down to the local NC Division of Motor Vehicles office and wait in a long line so you don’t get any late fees.
Bad enough as it is, right?
But then imagine that, once getting there with all your paperwork in hand, DMV staff announce that the credit card machines for the NC DMV are down across the state – so, if you don’t have a checkbook on you or enough cash in your wallet, you’re out of luck.
On Friday, Feb. 26, the credit card payment system for NC DMV offices went on the blink and many people trying to do their business with the department couldn’t pay, and now they’ll have to come back and try again next month.
At the DMV license plate office in Golden Gate Shopping Center in Greensboro on Friday, workers were continually alerting disappointed clients as they came in that they couldn’t pay with a credit card.
“It’s a statewide problem” one DMV employee called out.
What made the system’s crash so particularly irritating on this day was it was the last business day of the month, which meant that, for some who couldn’t do their business, they’ll be facing a late fee and another trip to the almost always crowded DMV office.
The Golden Gate DMV office has an ATM inside – but, of course, a large message across the top of the machine stated, “Out of Service.”
A DMV worker stated that the ATM was displaying that message because it was out of money rather than because It was experiencing mechanical problems. She said that, when the credit card system went down, customers quickly drained the money from the onsite ATM.
She also stated that it was rare for the credit card system for the state’s offices to go down but that it has happened before.
In “Reaper,” a now-defunct television series, a DMV office was portrayed as a gateway to hell.
Folks paying taxes and fees with credit probably need to use cash anyway. Procrastination never pays off either.
Ahh yes, blame the DMV because you waited till the last possible second…another way to avoid any personal responsibility…
Simple advice: Don’t wait til the last day of the month. Cash is still king anyplace that matters. 95% of those would be transactions could be handled online skipping the line from/to hell. If you can get to the DMV office, you can find wi-fi or someone who has a connected device. The DMV might not be just the gateway to hell, it’s one of the closest things to the real deal here on earth. An evil place ran by the government with long lines, endless forms, intricate procedures, ridiculous policies, hidden fees, seemingly kind employees who smile as they turn you away to start all over and make you feel like Bill Murray in ‘Groundhog Day.’ It appears that it may also be connected to other levels of hell as described in ‘Dante’s Inferno’ as it is also directly tied to both inspection stations and the dreaded County Tax Department!
Yes, cash is still king– except in places that won’t take it. At Christmas, Dewey’s bakery at Friendly Shopping Center wasn’t taking it. When I want to deposit money in my daughter’s checking account, BoA doesn’t want cash. During the scamdemic, a number of businesses have refused to take cash. But not to worry. Offer cash to me and I’ll take it, no questions asked.
Ah, the snowflakes could not use their credit cards because of a computer malfunction complicated by the fact that they waited until the last day of the month to pay up. Boo hoo, I feel so sorry for them. Grow up people.
Kash is, indeed, King. Those of us preening as we flip out our Magnum Super Premium Platinum Bank Card as we show everyone nearby how much money we have (if we can afford the payments), are so proud of ourselves. The Banks and the Media have convinced us to do this. How “convenient” it is, they say. How convenient is it for those waiting with cash for their purchase while people in front of us dither and hover with their plastic, not quite sure how to manage it, or really sure when their plastic melts?
Meanwhile, the Bank/Merchant agreement contains a clause they the Merchant cannot offer a discount for cash. Under legal penalty if they disclose this agreement, or accept cash at a discount. Furthermore, Banks will offer financial incentives to Merchants if they convert to a no-cash accepted policy. Again, punishable by violation.
The Govt & Big Business want to gain complete control of the currency (see Karl Marx) in order to gain complete control of us. Every time you make a digital transaction; you disclose what you bought, where you bought it, when you bought it, and where you got the money to pay for it. Most under the watchful eye of a camera. Is this what you will allow?
One way to stop it, or at least slow is down, is to use cash as much as possible. By Government directive, banks are limiting cash withdrawals from your own account, just remove as much as you can, as often as you can.