Why do credit card swiping machines have different protocol in every store and seem to be so difficult to use for cashiers?

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It seems like they are very badly made. Why wouldn’t these be standardized by now? Like, a lot of them have the chip reading slot but it is taped over and you must swipe? I also feel like cashiers are constantly complaining about them not cooperating. Why do they operate so poorly?

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I’ve never once said the terminal was acting up and been being honest about it. The ones I’ve used don’t tell me that your card was rejected for low funds, so I save the embarrassment by saying “it’s a bit fussy sometimes, have you got another one you could try?” Except for AmEx, I had two years of a system that hated AmEx cards with a passion.

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