Why do O’Neill 1st floor vending machines not work with Eagle IDs even though they say they accept campus cards?

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Auxiliary Services, the office at BC that takes care of vending machines, says they’re all in working order: “There are a few reasons why a student’s eagle card wouldn’t work (ie hold on account or they don’t have the right plan type). The credit reader on the vending machine is owned by the vendor (we do not what comes across on their cc machine). I have confirmed the readers are operating so if it’s just one student who is having an issue it could be that they have something to settle on their account.”

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.