“… Last May Toni Lahtinen walked into a night club in Riga’s Old Town and immediately knew he hated the place.
Lahtinen, who was visiting the city from his native Finland, only stayed for about 20 minutes before going to the bar to settle his 10-lat (14.2-euro) bill and leaving to find a club more to his liking.
He paid the bill with his debit card, quickly punching his PIN code into a portable machine. But the payment didn’t go through. The barman said there was probably some “trouble at the lines” and that he should try again. The second time it worked.
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