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In the UK cards still have a signature strip on the back and if a merchant notices you haven't signed your card they legally have to refuse to accept it. I rar
by jamiethompson 9y ago
In the UK cards still have a signature strip on the back and if a merchant notices you haven't signed your card they legally have to refuse to accept it.
I rarely remember to sign my cards and this tripped me up one time last year when trying to return something to a store which I'd bought online with my credit card.
I had to leave the store, buy a pen, sign the card and re-enter the store.
- alkonaut 9y ago> I had to leave the store, buy a pen, sign the card and re-enter the store. That's exactly what I did too. And yes, this was when visiting the UK. I had no idea the strip on the back of the card was for comparison, never seen it used elsewhere. Would be interesting to hear the person who thought that the signature-comparison thing was a good idea explain how they were thinking.
- Jolter 9y agoIt's because in some countries, not everyone has an ID card on them at all times. (Backwards, I know, but them's the breaks...)
- alkonaut 9y agoThat's why we have PINs. If not everyone can be asked to get ID, and not every store can be asked to get chip+pin gear then stores should still not pretend to do some identification charade based on doodling.
- 7ewis 8y agoIs that still the case? I recently got a new credit card and nowhere does it say to sign the back.