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Old Nov 29, 2015, 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by RedLight2015
I think this is where fully integrated beats non integrated hands down. At least semi integrated would be good.
Not really. (Semi-)integrated makes it more convenient for the clerk but reduces overall throughput because the clerk has to wait for the card to authorize before being able to ring up the next customer. The timing math would probably work out differently if more people tapped though.
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