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I use one for business. Sometimes (rarely) it works on the first card swipe. Much more often I have to swipe a card half a dozen times or more. This of course makes some people nervous. Because Im gonna commit credit card fraud for $5? Does anyone have experience with their chip reader? I dont want to get one if its performance is the same. They want $40-$50 for them

I use one for business. Sometimes (rarely) it works on the first card swipe. Much more often I have to swipe a card half a dozen times or more. This of course makes some people nervous. Because Im gonna commit credit card fraud for $5? Does anyone have experience with their chip reader? I dont want to get one if its performance is the same. They want $40-$50 for them

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youre pulling my leg

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This was an old timer's trick for cleaning sticky pads on a sax. It works. Most paper will also, but the cloth-like nature of bills makes them more effective.

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Serious. They actually have cotton in them. They are lightly abrasive from the pulp and can clean the surface. Some ipa on the bill can also be used to assist in cleaning.

If it doesn't work, the issue isn't debris on the reader head.

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ipa? as in beer?

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Isopropyl alcohol.

Even Fin du Monde, wouldn't clean electronics