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I was in the UK with my non-chip and pin card and there was a similar response. It took like 5 people at Tesco to figure it out.
by fryguy 13y ago
I was in the UK with my non-chip and pin card and there was a similar response. It took like 5 people at Tesco to figure it out.
- Osmium 13y agoYeah, I can't remember the last time I saw someone sign for or swipe a credit card in the UK: it's all chip-and-pin now, all the time. This looks like cool technology but it just wouldn't work here.
- kintamanimatt 13y agoPro tip: if you're in the UK and think Chip+PIN is a really good way for the bank to shift liability to the cardholder and want to make your life miserable, ask the bank for a Chip+Signature card. That'll fuck things up for you on the regular.
- Dylan16807 13y agoWhich will fuck things up? I can't tell if you're saying Chip+Signature will avoid the problems or make them worse.
- kintamanimatt 13y agoChip+Sig makes things worse in terms of day-to-day purchasing. Vastly worse. Your card no longer works in ATMs, retailers pitch a fit when they figure out your card is making their PDQ spit out a receipt to be signed (some even will try to refuse your card), and automated machines, like the ones found on the London Underground don't take Chip+Sig cards so you actually have to line up to see a human. I eventually just gave up and got my cards reissued as Chip+PIN.
- threedaymonk 13y agoIt depends where you are, I suppose. I live in an area with a lot of transient foreign nationals working in banks nearby, and they're used to dealing with non-chip cards at my local Tesco. The person in front swiped a Venezuelan Visa with no trouble the other day.
- fredoralive 13y agoI had to use ye olde magnetic stripe and signature at a Morrison's a couple of weeks ago. The card reader was broken for some reason. Naturally the magnetic stripe on the first card I tried was also broken and wouldn't swipe...