# How would you feel about a credit card-reader at a wedding? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069 "2013-06-15T15:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/21 "2013-06-15T17:33:15Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > You know, I hadn’t thought of this. I mean, what’s the fun of a reception if people can’t have some catty/snarky gossip about the bride? > > “Did you see that I-garter? Thats not Vera Wang, that’s sweatshop-gang!” > “I know…and that I-phone was new… how many versions ago?” > “She should have got an Android…” > “She did… you saw the groom…” > “Hope he comes with Apps.” > “He’d have to…” > “But that phone was definitely not made for that garter.” > “Like the curtains not matching the drapes is news?” > “It looked like that thing could only do 3G…” > “She must be used to 3; Steve was in my dorm at college, but he wasn’t a big man on campus.” _pinky-flip_ > > _4 simultaneous beeps from texts on each of their phones_ > > “Cashed already? That was fast.” > “Well, you know Wendy…” > _knowing look_ > _Group breaks up laughing_ And here we have our first commercial! I’m going to need some “help” to get this off the ground, so make it rain, Dopers… I’ll get my PayPal set up to receive some generosity. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/22 "2013-06-15T17:34:31Z")
Yeah no one is going to have a card swiper because processing credit cards requires fees and that would mean less money for those greedy money-grabbing newlyweds. So they’re going to keep requiring you to use _your_ checks (which cost you money) and _your_ stamps (if you can’t come) to basically pay feels on the money they are begging you to part with. Well not, you, OP, because you’d never go to such a wedding. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/23 "2013-06-15T17:38:18Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Yeah no one is going to have a card swiper because processing credit cards requires fees and that would mean less money for those greedy money-grabbing newlyweds. So they’re going to keep requiring you to use _your_ checks (which cost you money) and _your_ stamps (if you can’t come) to basically pay feels on the money they are begging you to part with. > > Well not, you, OP, because you’d never go to such a wedding. Of course I would now, because now I can call it “Market Research”–tax write-off! Cha-ching! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/24 "2013-06-15T17:47:39Z")
I think it’s a swell idea. So swell that I want them to mention it on the invitation so I can decline. Or I guess I could go, and give $1, and let them wonder if I did something wrong and thought I gave $100 or $1000. ---
**Author:** ![Mathematics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/25 "2013-06-15T18:17:56Z")
It seems like you have a huge chip on your shoulder about this. It is most mysterious. Seriously, can you just explain what your deal is? Are you offended that certain traditions are being forgotten in the modern age? Or do you seriously think that tendency means a slippery slope into the most absurd possible interpretation? ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/26 "2013-06-15T18:40:33Z")
I’m not sure what you mean, Mathematics. I don’t like my potential enjoyment of choosing a gift for people I care about being replaced with wondering whether they actually care about anything besides fattening their wallets, but that has nothing to do with “tradition” per se, and actually nothing to do with this thread. And if asking for cash isn’t absurd, why is accepting credit cards absurd? Seriously, checks and cash really are kind of a pain, and I for one would actually prefer to swipe my card than dust off the old promissory notebook, sharpen my quill pen, and try to find a pot of ink that hasn’t dried up yet. I probably wrote like 2 checks last year, the ATM will only give you so much cash per day, and carrying around all that paper is bad for the posture. If you can’t lick 'em, join 'em, and find a way to make money off 'em, as the old saying goes. There’s nothing particularly mysterious about my distaste for overt requests for cash. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069/27 "2013-06-15T22:09:10Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > What better way to collect one’s wedding money than a card-reader connected to a smart phone or tablet? Members of the wedding party–the ushers, perhaps–can circulate around like Apple Store employees at the reception, armed with the proper electronics and an app for givers to enter their information. People at the wedding are there for the party. In my experience, the gifts are sent ahead of time and not to the wedding venue (although some folks do bring cards/cash to the event). If the bride and groom want to make an electronic money gift option available to their guests, fine, but have it set up as a Paypal-type thing for people to use ahead of time. I don’t think cash gifts are tacky at all, but I think bridesmaids wandering the dance floor hitting people up for credit cards is horrible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-a-credit-card-reader-at-a-wedding/661069.md?page=1)