Can shops still take payment from cards without a "chip"?

[6thElement]

Do most shops still have the ability to swipe cards the old fashioned way then have the payee sign the receipt?

 

[West]

I've not done it in a little while, but I have done it this year, I imagine they have to have it as a back up facility of some sort.

 

[gumbald]

Yeah, did it in the Vue cinema in Hull couple of weeks ago.

 

[Delvis]

I believe the little hand held thing's sometimes have the swipe part on them as well...Cause I've seen people trying to use they're pin and it don't work, so they get it swiped instead.

 

[Killerkebab]

Yes. Americans have juicy credit cards full of dollars which we want, and I don't think any of their cards have chips

 

[mitch212k]

i know for a fact you can at tescos, there's a swipe thing built into the till fascia.

 

[KaneStatton]

Yeh went in tescos and my chip wouldn't read so i had to sign the receipt

 

[6thElement]

Yes. Americans have juicy credit cards full of dollars which we want, and I don't think any of their cards have chips

That's why I was asking, my cards don't have chips

 

[aslco]

Does that mean that kids cash card would work too? As they have swipeable bits. I remeber when i was younger how i wanted to always use it in the shops rather than have to go to an ATM first

 

[ins0mn1ac]

Do most shops still have the ability to swipe cards the old fashioned way then have the payee sign the receipt?

Yup they can still be used, we have a new till system where I work and swipe/sign is still a pay method and will continue to be!

 

[int]

A friend of mine has used her card to much the chip doesn't work any more so all stores have to swipe it and get her to sign!

 

[PhillyDee]

Which is stupid tbh. The whole point of chip and pin is so that you CANNOT forge a signature and need to know the PIN. Supposed to be more secure. Whats the point if you can just kill the chip and claim it broke . . . .

 

[Maccy]

Does that mean that kids cash card would work too? As they have swipeable bits. I remeber when i was younger how i wanted to always use it in the shops rather than have to go to an ATM first

Unlikely because these are usually just cash cards, not debit cards.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

American credit cards still have to be swiped and signed. As my dad found out when he had Pierce Brosnan in his shop a few months back.

 

[Luseac]

As has been said a lot of foreign cards still use signatures. Certainly where I work we accept cards without a chip and can swipe them, but can't swipe cards with a chip.

 

[int]

Which is stupid tbh. The whole point of chip and pin is so that you CANNOT forge a signature and need to know the PIN. Supposed to be more secure. Whats the point if you can just kill the chip and claim it broke . . . .

So if you only have one card and your chip breaks, you'd be happy to go without a card until your new one arrives in the post?

 

[PhillyDee]

Yes. If it means more security. Besides, I also have a credit card as a backup.

 

[aslco]

American credit cards still have to be swiped and signed. As my dad found out when he had Pierce Brosnan in his shop a few months back.

Oh name dropping eh...well i've had the Kaiser Cheifs drummers debit card in my hands

 

[GarethDW]

So if you only have one card and your chip breaks, you'd be happy to go without a card until your new one arrives in the post?

Yep, I'd order a replacement and happily use cash for the 3 days until the new card arrived.

 

[milkinc13]

yup thou we eask for a 2nd form of ID to verify who the person is. It's not just our american friends it's our asian, australian & new Zeland friends who don't have chips on their cards