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Re:Why You Still Can’t Use a Chip Card Everywhere by gambiting on Monday July 25, 2016 @05:07AM (#12157378)
Really? I had my Polish-issued signature-only card with me here in UK just a few years ago and the only place that would take it was the post office - every supermarket I tried just refused(I had one instance where I convinced the cashier to just try swiping the card and it did actually work, to her surprise, but in most places it was just a flat out no).
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Re:Why You Still Can’t Use a Chip Card Everywhere by aninhumer on Monday July 25, 2016 @06:03AM (#12157583)
If you're Polish, this might just be xenophobia.

I can imagine a cashier just rolling their eyes at an American using a weird card, but being much more distrustful of a Polish person doing the same.

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