https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Not-accepting-same-card-which-was-declined/m-p/801267#M138 <P>Once my client’s credit card was declined the payment. My client said to retry the card and system is not even accepting it.&nbsp;<BR />not letting me charge one time payment either.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 07:24:43 GMT Lossprevention 2025-09-21T07:24:43Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Not-accepting-same-card-which-was-declined/m-p/801267#M138 <P>Once my client’s credit card was declined the payment. My client said to retry the card and system is not even accepting it.&nbsp;<BR />not letting me charge one time payment either.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 07:24:43 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Not-accepting-same-card-which-was-declined/m-p/801267#M138 Lossprevention 2025-09-21T07:24:43Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Not-accepting-same-card-which-was-declined/m-p/801306#M139 <P>As odd as this sounds&nbsp;<a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/730925">@Lossprevention</a>&nbsp;, I would recommend power cycling the device.&nbsp; I have on extremely rare occassions seen an issue where the Register won't accept a valid card, and then continue to decline it.&nbsp; Rebooting the Register fixed the issue.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope this helps!</P> Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:09:45 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Hardware-Setup-Troubleshooting/Not-accepting-same-card-which-was-declined/m-p/801306#M139 SVLFever 2025-07-09T14:09:45Z