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What does it mean when your credit card takes a looong time to go through at the machine?
4 CommentsQuestion 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.What do you think? Answer below!
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4 responses to “What does it mean when your credit card takes a looong time to go through at the machine?”
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It’s stealing your identity.
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Nancy Kay January 24th, 2012 at 14:16
It usually means that the processing system is busy with many other transactions at the same time.
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Calvin C January 24th, 2012 at 14:29
Speed has to do with the connections
Most businesses run their CC machine of a secondary line so that it is generally open (no calls) but they can be busy so could their processor, visa/master card system busy and then your bank. Every CC authorization runs through a minimum of 4 computer networks and then back, I am amazed it can be done in the speed it is -
Melissa January 24th, 2012 at 14:53
there could be a lot of reason why it happened. the machine might be infected with a malicious worm or you had not paid your credit card debts.
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