Subject: Re: Quick question on accommodations in France

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Subject: Re: Quick question on accommodations in France

Posted on: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:03:25 +0200

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:50:04 +0200, "Tim C." wrote:

>On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:09:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote in
>post : :
>
>> How is the retailer supposed to handle a magstripe
>> card when they don't have the hardware any more?
>
>They should either keep that hardware, or write the details down by hand. I
>don't know. Remember the old carbon-copy forms? They should still have
>those for just this sort of thing.

I had this problem in a hotel in Rotherham where the reader had broken.
They took the info from my card and did the transaction in a near by bowling
alley without me or my card being present.
--

Martin

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