Originally Posted by
JEFFJAGUAR
Don't kill the messenger. In my travels, I have run only into one place where I had difficulty in using a magnetic strip card in the UK in London and several times in the Netherlands.
I'm sorry if you feel the word archaic is too strong but it is an increasing problem that doesn't seem to be going away.
I don't doubt the veracity of your accounts. But the words you chose imply a value judgement about the technology. I'm simply pushing back to say that I don't consider the European version of credit cards to be an advancement. Different, yes. But not necessarily better. And the fact that it is different does not in and of itself make the magnetic stripe version out-dated or "archaic."