PVT: Question of Character?

Shopping at walmart is morally wrong?

I think people object to the fact that Walmart pays low wages and a number of its employees are on welfare.

When I did the "trick" I did NOT put any credit card info in. All you do is attempt to re-register for the exam and an error message comes up. There is no credit card info needed. There are bigger problems in this world.... Un-ruffle those feathers

PearsonVue isn't just a giant computer like Watson. It has employees. It stands to reason that if PV is being defrauded of funds they rightfully deserve, that will trickle down to the employees, one way or another.

So is using a coupon or buying an item when its on sale the same as defrauding those employees? Why would PearsonVue rightfully deserve $200 for a service it hasn't rendered? The PVT isn't a random event that happens, PearsonVue has a system in place that prevents the registration, why would they have this system in place at all?

When I did the "trick" I did NOT put any credit card info in. All you do is attempt to re-register for the exam and an error message comes up. There is no credit card info needed. There are bigger problems in this world.... Un-ruffle those feathers

The "trick" changed since you did it.

Oh...someone said that? Who was it? I'll beat them to a pulp with my walker!

I love you OCN!

I said it. About myself.

Let the beatings begin!

I have been asked about the PVT and I simply state that it is unreliable. My results were on the SBON within 28 hours. I have a nurse friend that took her NCLEX about 20 years ago. She had to wait 6 weeks for mailed results. Imagine that....... The advice I get is prepare, test, and then relax. It is what it is.

If the store/company offer it, no. What part of "invalid credit card" is so difficult to comprehend? Would it be wrong to try to apply for a nursing job online with an invalid license number?

For me, the bottom line is that someone intends to falsify information to get something. Whether it has a major impact on the company isn't the point. It's about not being truthful. It would make me wonder if that same person would fudge VS, because entering real VS would be an "inconvenience," e.g. having to notify the physician.

Then where is the line that can't be crossed, people aren't truthful their entire lives. You see a person that used a "invalid" card as someone that would lie about vital signs. I can't draw that kind of conclusion from that action.

It would be wrong to work with an invalid license, if you apply with an invalid license you wouldn't get hired. If you apply with an invalid credit card you don't get a registration. PearsonVue doesn't have to waste time administering a test because you didn't get a registration.

Here is my opinion:

Is it wrong to give false information to "pay" for something without intending to actually pay. Yes, I believe. Why? Because it's dishonest. I do, however, believe that there are certain degrees of wrongness. This lie does not hurt anyone, except the person using the PVT, as they may end up paying an unnecessary $200. But at the end of the day, I think it's technically wrong.

Do I think that a nurse who used the PVT lacks integrity or the ability to be a good nurse? No. If I believed that, none of us could hope to be good nurses. I've done wrong. You've done wrong. And we will continue to do so in the future. I feel that it's silly to be uncomfortable accepting care from a nurse who used the PVT. Did that nurse do something wrong? Yep. Are nurses saints? No, as has been established several times on AN.

I agree that it's wrong to give false information in payment for something when one does not actually intend to pay. It's wrong. Not "technically wrong" but just wrong.

The person who paid the "unnecessary $200" had a choice to pay or not to pay; I don't consider them "injured" by having their credit card charged. Had they not wanted to incur a charge, they could have paid the $8 for the quick results and waited 48 hours. Or waited until the regular results came. Millions of us did just that -- and weren't harmed by it.

And I'm thinking that PV may be "hurt" by processing all of the fraudulent credit card charges. Someone's time and energy goes into tracking that down.

I think people object to the fact that Walmart pays low wages and a number of its employees are on welfare.

I object to that fact. However, Walmart has driven all the other retail establishments in my parents' small corner of the world completely out of business, so it's Walmart or drive 100 miles.