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> Last time I tried swiping my card — and that was ages ago — the terminal displayed something to the effect of "this card has a chip, please insert the chip".
by iudqnolq 4y ago
> Last time I tried swiping my card — and that was ages ago — the terminal displayed something to the effect of "this card has a chip, please insert the chip".
I think it's configurable depending on merchant risk tolerance. I've seen cases where the terminal lets you swipe after three failed chip reads, for example.
- pinko 4y agoAlmost every terminal will fall back to mag-swipe if the chip fails to read 3 times. I had an Amex with a faulty chip and had to do this every time. Terminal (every single one) would refuse to allow me to pay with a swipe initially, insisting on chip -- but once the chip failed 3 times, they'd all happily take the swipe.