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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally Posted by stealthn
The one thing I noticed the last time I went to the US is a lot of places do not have the mobile card machines so they ask you for your card and take it with them. I didn't let a server do this once and insisted in going with them to swipe the card every time.
Not sure why they don't have the mobile readers, but I would never let my card be taken out of my sight by a stranger...
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Bingo! That's how it often happens. I partly blame the fraud on the card companies themselves. They could take better security measures, but just consider fraud part of the cost of doing business, while enjoying interest rates on those who don't pay in full that I consider usurious.
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