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?

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

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Question by chessbusiness: If a person takes credit cards through security at the airport will the machines ruin the card?
If they scan the credit cards with the X-ray machine will it destroy the credit card?

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Answer by Scott N
No. X-Rays are not strong enough magnetically to ruin the credit card strip, I have traveled via airport dozens of time and not had any issues with my credit cards not working.

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Question by : I bartend in Texas and my employer takes something like 1% of our credit card tips.?
They say it is for using the credit card machines. On average it is like $ 3 but sometimes can be as much as $ 7. That adds up over time. On average they make like $ 30 a night on this. Just want to know if it is legal.

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Answer by Loobylou
I’m not sure whether or not it is legal or not, but in the UK, we get taxed on credit card tips – so we prefer if customers leave actual cash tips. Also, it does cost the employers for every transaction on the machines.
If this happens in Texas, it could be one of the reasons why your employer is taking a cut – so they can re-compensate money they have spent paying tax/using the machines.

If you are unhappy about this, try encouraging your customers to leave cash tips – just explain that you get taxed on credit card tips so only end up with a small percentage of the tip.

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Question by vidalex85: I wait tables in Florida. My employer takes 2% of our tips for his credit card machine fees . Is this legal?
He also has not been paying us the correct hourly wage for tipped employees of $ 4.19 so I know he is shady.
How and to who do I report him to when I leave?

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Answer by D
seems unfair to me

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