Parking meter cards are kindof flakey

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I bought one of the newfangled swipe at a parking meter cards on a whim, and it seems finicky about swiping (takes multiple tries) and works sluggishly. I'm going to give it a few more tries before I give up on it, but I'm curious as to whether this matches other people's experiences.

After that, if it still sucks, I plan to find out what happens when I take it back and ask for a refund of its cash balance.