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Old 23rd Apr 2014, 7:58 pm   #33
G6Tanuki
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Default Re: The hidden danger of dead batteries...

Of relevance - today when it came to paying for my physiotherapy session the physio told me to "be careful with the hand-held card-processing terminal when you enter your PIN - the battery's a bit loose and sometimes drops out".

He then said that the back of the battery-housing was bulging and admitted that it was always docked in the base-unit and so on-charge except when a customer was making a payment. But he doesn't care because the card-processing terminal is provided by the card-company and if it fails they deliver him a new one within six hours...

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