On 25-Feb-12 15:46, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:30:39 on Sat, 25 Feb
2012, Adam H. Kerman remarked:
I routinely spend amounts of the order of a thousand dollars at
retailers by Chip and PIN card, and it's a one-shot process.

If that's true, then I suspect your credit limit is stored on the card.

It isn't. What you have to accept is that things are done differently in
USA vs the rest of the world.

Aside from our lack of EMV, things aren't done differently in the US;
don't take Adam's misunderstandings as authoritative.

S

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