Yesterday in Tesco I tried to pay using my standard debit card, the machine said my pin was wrong, so I tried again, 100% correct, yet it still came back as incorrect. I am 100% certain the PIN is correct, as it's the same one I've used for the 3 years I've had the card, and I had used it the previous night.
So my question is, assuming there was some fail in the machine or something, and nothing malicious, how long (if they do) do the attempts take to reset. If I were to try the card again now, would I have 3 attempts again, or still just the 1. I don't really want to risk it if for some reason the PIN has been changed and it's still locked on 2 attempts.
On a side note, I've checked the balance in the account online, and nothing has changed, so nobody has access to the account.
So my question is, assuming there was some fail in the machine or something, and nothing malicious, how long (if they do) do the attempts take to reset. If I were to try the card again now, would I have 3 attempts again, or still just the 1. I don't really want to risk it if for some reason the PIN has been changed and it's still locked on 2 attempts.
On a side note, I've checked the balance in the account online, and nothing has changed, so nobody has access to the account.