Question by Polkadot Pajamas: What does it mean when your credit card takes a looong time to go through at the machine?

What about not near Christmas time nor any other major holidays? This one time i was swiping at the hotel and the clerk was giving me looks lol. My card was nearly maxed out at that time, but I don’t get why that would cause the process to be slower?

Best answer:

Answer by rtfm
It means it’s ten days before Christmas and all the verification systems are overloaded.

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