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Old Jul 12, 2013 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by black743
I'm going to try again and if it happens again, then that sounds like a good idea. I ended up giving her my Amex instead. It's a cookie store at the local mall and I've not had an issue until now. I've never had someone reject a Visa card because it had an extra security measure...you're right, they obviously wasn't trained on that machine.
lol get the cookie, start eating it quickly and then go to pay with the chip card. Then you have the bargaining chip. Either you take my chip card or my half eaten cookie :P
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