Do you accept credit card payments?

Yesterday, I went out for a quick shopping spree. As I passed a small Orange shop I decided to have a look at their offer since my current phone has far passed it’s “throw away” date. After a few moments, while trying to convince myself, I finally agreed to make the purchase.

Now comes the problem. I could not pay by credit card because they didn’t have a POS terminal! What kind of IT shop doesn’t have the means to accept card payments? It’s 2008!

Of course, their solution was simple: I was just supposed to walk to the nearest ATM and have the money withdrawn

I guessed I could live with my old mobile phone a a few more days and walked away.