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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 6:07 pm
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AllieKat
 
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Originally Posted by reclusive46
Your probably right about the same acquirer they all seem to be using the same terminal. I think it was a Contactless Ingenico terminal, its the same/similar terminal that all McDonalds and Boots (National drug store) use here in the UK.

Interestingly in a bit of a turn of events, I had my card swiped at a restaurant here in the UK this evening lol The chip reader was broken. He did say it was a pain as about 15% of the transactions were being referred lol.
Being referred? Not sure what that means.

And Boots is no longer a British national company. They're American now, actually (part of Walgreens, which oddly enough means their cosmetics products are no longer sold here - Target USED to sell Boots products).
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