Brian Donovan eventualbuddha

To: Volkswagen
Subject: Expiration of "Goodwill" Loyalty Card

My wife and I bought a VW Jetta in late 2011 and generally loved the car, right up until the diesel scandal broke. Since then, we appreciated receiving the goodwill package and eventually the offer to buy back the car. While we did take the buyback offer, we were unable to take advantage of the goodwill loyalty card. Here's why:

We didn't want the hassle of trying to ensure there was enough on the card every time we used it, so we were waiting to use it on a single purchase that was large enough to spend the $500 in one go.
The card expired 15 days ago, 4/31/2017, which we realized when we were finally trying to use it today 5/15/2017.
Multiple phone support representatives told us there was nothing that could be done as VW is no longer issuing replacements for these cards.

On the topic of expiration, your representatives claimed that the terms of the goodwill package were made clear and that the money would be gone when the c

OMNIKEY HID Card Reader Incompatibility

Certain model years of the OMNIKEY smart card readers seem to be incompatible with pcsc on Ubuntu Linux 18.x and possibly other versions. This document describes how to reproduce the issue.

Steps to Reproduce

Copy write.scriptor and read.scriptor to a directory on your Ubuntu Linux 18.x system.
Install pcsc-tools.
Choose a card reader to be considered BAD from OMNIKEY 3021 (rev C 2021) or OMNIKEY 3121 (rev A 2017).
Choose a card reader to be considered GOOD from OMNIKEY 3021 (rev A 2016) or OMNIKEY 3121 (rev A 2016).

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