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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 6:42 pm
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Originally Posted by alexmt
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).
Referred as in where the merchant has to call for authorisation as an extra security check.

Never knew that about Boots. You learn something new everyday.
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