4 responses to “what is it called?The machine you insert & pass your credit card through & it gives you your reciept?”

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  Zar January 15th, 2012 at 07:48

  It’s a credit card reader

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  CMass Stan January 15th, 2012 at 08:01

  A credit card terminal.

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  jayf1965 January 15th, 2012 at 08:10

  Its just a plain card reader. You can get a card read at your local raido shack.

  good luck

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  Marc X January 15th, 2012 at 08:28

  Some stores have a simple credit card terminal. Even though the terminal provides the authorization for the transaction, the store must still run a printed receipt through the mechanical roller so that you can sign for the transaction. It gives you an actual receipt for what you signed, and it also gives the merchant physical proof that you did authorize the transaction.

  Other stores have a more complex, expensive terminal/printer which does it all in one operation. And your large stores now have credit card terminals tied in with their own cash drawer/computers that operate on the same principle.