Before the days of Chip & Pin!

Minzeez | 00:22 Sat 23rd Feb 2008 | Shopping & Style

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Does anyone know the name of a contraption that every shop had, before chip and pin and even before swiping cards and signing a printed slip, came along.

The cashier would placed your card onto the handheld machine, within set guide slots, then place a carbon copy slip over it and slide across the moving part to gain an impression of your card.

Many thanks

Minz

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credit card swipe machine i called it - still have it and use it when we have a power cut! i think the technical name was a manual imprinter - when i needed to order new ones.

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Ooh, ta very much Cardi... This has been bugging me for a few weeks now, so many thanks!

Minz

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