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> Mind you this was 10 years ago, when the UK was Just introducing PIN code for every card transaction Err. C&P was universal by 2006ish from memory, but many
by easytiger 7y ago
> Mind you this was 10 years ago, when the UK was Just introducing PIN code for every card transaction
Err. C&P was universal by 2006ish from memory, but many venues just didn't accept anything other than cash at all. I suspect you are misremembering.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoWe started a UK shop 16 years ago and still had counterfoil machines (you put a card in, put a paper slip on it, push a roller over the card to ink an impression of the details, ...). You could definitely still swipe your card then. Also from memory, I'd guess 10-12 years as the point when chip&pin was required for _every_ card transaction. Now of course we have moved on to also have contactless.
- Symbiote 7y agoYou can still use counterfoil machines if you want to. You just accept all the risk. A former employer uses one for selling excess stock to staff.
- Intermernet 7y agoUseless aside: I used to do phone support for retail stores and when the EFTPOS went down I had to guide them through the process of using the counterfoil machine. No one would know what I was talking about unless I referred to it as the "click-clack" machine. Now I can only think of them using that name.