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Whilst many places often refuse to swipe any more (which I suppose is their prerogative) it does actually work. If the chip/pin reader has the swipe slot at the
by ErrantX 14y ago
Whilst many places often refuse to swipe any more (which I suppose is their prerogative) it does actually work. If the chip/pin reader has the swipe slot at the top then it will work.
Tesco don't have the swipe slot, and they now train till staff to say they can't swipe cards. But it does work on the till itself (I know this because when a friend visited we made the poor till attendant try it :)).
EDIT: also, interestingly, it looks like this service only uses the chip feature, not the pin :)
- JonnieCache 14y agoIncreasingly, most shops do not offer the ability to swipe/sign. I think it is their right to refuse to do so.
- jedc 14y agoIIRC, the law states that if your card has a Chip/Pin, you have to use it. It basically ignores the case of swipe cards. Generally I've found that swipe almost always works, it's just that most people don't know that it does. (And you have to be willing to help show them how.)
- ralfn 14y agoIn holland the hardware still supports swipe, but the store's bank will not. Only hotels are, for now, exempt. The skimming just got out of hand.
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