No questions asked. One is 100 times more likely to get ripped off when presenting a card in person than on a secure site on the net. The clerk sees it and the receipt usually goes in the trash. Far more potential for knavery than with a secure web site where no human ever sees any numbers.
Computers handle everything.
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