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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Anonymous 0 Comments

The question you should really be asking yourself, is why are you still swiping a magnetic stripe on the side of a credit card in supposedly the greatest and most technologically advanced country in the world?

When not only has the rest of the developed world proceeded to chip and pin, but to beyond… with swiping of cards and even mobile phones…

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