topic Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code? in SmorgasBoard

Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

BijouMan — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:48:58 GMT

One of my cards generates approval codes beginning with 0 and ending in Z. I recently got 00000Z from a restaurant in Greece. The chance of that is 1 in 10,000. Has something like this ever happened to any of you?

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

FireMedic1 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:20:18 GMT

Huh? What card?

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

northway — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:26:16 GMT

@BijouMan wrote:
One of my cards generates approval codes beginning with 0 and ending in Z. I recently got 00000Z from a restaurant in Greece. The chance of that is 1 in 10,000. Has something like this ever happened to any of you?

I honestly doubt any of us are looking at approval codes if they're even visible to us depending on the issuer.

Interesting though.

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

NoMoreE46 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 22:16:43 GMT

Wow, you look at that?

Got: 07548P on a recent receipt.

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

FireMedic1 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:30:59 GMT

@NoMoreE46Oh on a reciept! Never noticed.

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

NoMoreE46 — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:05:50 GMT

@FireMedic1 wrote:

@NoMoreE46Oh on a reciept! Never noticed.

@northway wrote:

@BijouMan wrote:
One of my cards generates approval codes beginning with 0 and ending in Z. I recently got 00000Z from a restaurant in Greece. The chance of that is 1 in 10,000. Has something like this ever happened to any of you?

I honestly doubt any of us are looking at approval codes if they're even visible to us depending on the issuer.

Interesting though.

It's always about the Approvals isn't it? Just a slightly different kinda of Approval...

TBH, the title caught off me guard a lil' bit.

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

Kforce — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:39:15 GMT

Never looked at one until reading this post.

Probably never look again.

Thank you @NoMoreE46 for ruining my record of not looking.

Re: Has anyone else gotten an all-zero approval code?

zerofire — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:28:42 GMT

The approval code is something that only the computers use. I would not be surprised if they are only unique between merchant and processor. In the end it only matters if the terminal is happy. Just enjoy it for now.