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Re: Jonathan's Card

#101

Post by JohnLBevan » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:50 PM UTC

hassanhassan wrote: post #94

funthree wrote: post #87

Potentially abusive use shown in these tweets. http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034749918897766... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034674284272844... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034195955777536... Edit: Any ideas? Edit: It just happened again... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10035604975584460... Edit: More... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10036286052…

Something does sound fishy. I wonder why someone would ruin the fun for everyone involved.

$100 spent on coffee for the homeless maybe? Just to take an optimistic view on the data.

Re: Jonathan's Card

#102

Post by eggbrain » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:52 PM UTC

funthree wrote: post #87

Potentially abusive use shown in these tweets. http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034749918897766... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034674284272844... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034195955777536... Edit: Any ideas? Edit: It just happened again... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10035604975584460... Edit: More... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10036286052…

You can't transfer funds onto another card if you do not own the card / have the CSC code.

Re: Jonathan's Card

#103

Post by funthree » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:54 PM UTC

eggbrain wrote: post #102

funthree wrote: post #87

Potentially abusive use shown in these tweets. http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034749918897766... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034674284272844... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10034195955777536... Edit: Any ideas? Edit: It just happened again... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10035604975584460... Edit: More... http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10036286052…

You can't transfer funds onto another card if you do not own the card / have the CSC code.

Aha, you are right. I will edit that. Any ideas?

Re: Jonathan's Card

#104

Post by nick007 » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:54 PM UTC

funthree wrote: post #93

danielodio wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I heard that! Looks like Jonathan's social experiment is clashing w/ eBay's "people are good" philosophy... either that or there are a LOT of thirsty people all at the same time. Regardless, I'm glad we tried it; anyone have any theories of how it's being hacked?

I think someone could have bought a SBux card with it. Looks like it has happened at least a few times now all within less than a minute or two of the balance being there. An employee or someone camping a store, perhaps... Is it possible to use the number to buy a card off their website online?

is there a way to figure out what store the purchases are coming from?

Re: Jonathan's Card

#105

Post by hassanhassan » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:55 PM UTC

JohnLBevan wrote: post #101

hassanhassan wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Something does sound fishy. I wonder why someone would ruin the fun for everyone involved.

$100 spent on coffee for the homeless maybe? Just to take an optimistic view on the data.

You could be right, since something similar did take place as can be confirmed in one of the posts below (a large purchase for the homeless). But certainly we can agree that $15, $30, and $100 being drained in minutes to the exact penny must be cause for concern.

Edit: draining to $0.00 is OK, as jonathan explains below.

Re: Jonathan's Card

#106

Post by danielodio » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:59 PM UTC

OK I just tried a test: @Socialize put $49 on the card -- let's see if a smaller amount still tips off the hacker: http://drod.io/2E071F3T0C0V0G1w0f39

Re: Jonathan's Card

#107

Post by danielodio » Sun, Aug 07, 2011, 11:59 PM UTC

danielodio wrote: post #106

OK I just tried a test: @Socialize put $49 on the card -- let's see if a smaller amount still tips off the hacker: http://drod.io/2E071F3T0C0V0G1w0f39

the $49 is on there! Someone go buy a latte, quick! http://drod.io/3F0U1n340W1c0H1H0F29

Re: Jonathan's Card

#108

Post by lucianof » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 12:01 AM UTC

mkorfmann wrote: post #68

lucianof wrote: post #64

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Hm, I didn't feel like giving *$ my email. But now that I tried it it says: "Please select a state or province." (I cant find anything in this list that is not US/Can) and "Please enter a ZIP Code at least 5 characters long" (we just have 4 digits). They just don't want my money..

"Please select a state or a province" I selected "Armed Forces Europe" ;)

Instead of virtually enlisting in the US Army I decided to just donate 10x what I tried to load on the card to a charity for Somalia. Thanks Jonathan for igniting my desire to give!

Re: Jonathan's Card

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Post by JohnLBevan » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 12:01 AM UTC

angryasian wrote: post #28

rdl wrote: post #14

It would be really fun to combine this kind of point of sale reward with games or puzzles or tasks, sort of like mechanical Turk combined with OKCupid or wufoo. Cash prizes are less interesting for this kind of thing. (various studies)

>Cash prizes are less interesting for this kind of thing. I've read the same, but I don't believe it. For example people will say that fame is more important than money, but I would argue fame leads to more work, or more free stuff which in turn leads to money or more money than a set cash incentive. Or the case where people do things for points, but when those points are redeemable for physical items or discounts ag…

I read in a recent Wired UK article that some banks have opted to pay a sum of money to a charity of their employee's choice, rather than paying the employee a full bonus - the idea being they've found this to be a better motivator for employees. Though admittedly it's also good publicity for the banks running such schemes.

Re: Jonathan's Card

#110

Post by watmough » Mon, Aug 08, 2011, 12:03 AM UTC

Sam_Odio wrote: post #32

redthrowaway wrote: post #23

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Well, you could buy a $100 starbucks card, which would break things. Someone already spent $30: http://twitter.com/#!/jonathanscard/status/10029778012327526...

That was me. One latte plus $25 worth of food for two homeless guys outside. Turns out they didn't want any of it. I think I might've insulted them by bringing them food that they hadn't asked for. :/

I once questioned the food our church sends out to the homeless, but it turns out that sunny-d and vienna sausages are, seriously, pretty much the only thing they'll accept.

With a taste like that in food, I'm not surprised your latte and (excellent, I'm sure) Starbucks sandwich fell on stony ground.

Good sentiment though. May karma follow you throughout the day.