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Old Nov 30, 2011 | 6:01 am
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Originally Posted by garyschmitt
Brand does not matter. Where the card is stored matters even less. Is the wallet an exposed homebrew circuit board with wires attached to the card? I think not. Visit Europe sometime (where I live). Magstripe is accepted nearly everywhere, with the few odd-ball exceptions I mention.
Unless the UK has moved from Europe, that's where I live. (Whether we stay in Europe or not in the future is another debate, but lets not go there)

You miss the point - which has been highlighted by KVS - there is no way that I would (and I have a merchant account and machine that will take swipes and chip+pin) accept payment from a swipe card that was not branded with Visa, MasterCard or whatever. I could be fooled by a good forgery, but anything else screams fraud and I'd be on the phone to my bank.

Nor would I process a chip+pin card that was "unbranded" either.
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