&quot;Mr. Scheeler testified that it cost the average convenience store $26,000 to upgrade its gas pumps and point-of-sale terminals...&quot;<p>Really? This strikes me as a nice bit of hyperbole. Most convenience stores I&#x27;ve ever come across have, at most, two or three PoS terminals. Even the most expensive card readers with EMV support—the ones with the fancy colour screens, NFC, and so on—don&#x27;t cost more than $800 or so.[1] Even with paying someone to set it up, I just can&#x27;t see the average convenience store spending more than a few thousand dollars.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.barcodesinc.com&#x2F;verifone&#x2F;mx-880.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.barcodesinc.com&#x2F;verifone&#x2F;mx-880.htm</a>