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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Marisaac
In London for the weekend and have already been to three stores (Argos, Superdrug and Nandos) and none would accept my US Visa/MC. I do have a Barclay account in the UK with chip and pin and that saved the day.

I will be visiting the Oxo Tower restaurant tomorrow evening and will see if I have a similar experience.

Yes The Oxo Tower restaurant does accept US magnetic strip cards. Great restaurant!
Funny, I just spent 73.52 GBP on my Schwab Visa at Argos two weeks ago. No chip on my Schwab.
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