Still sign for goods using a card?

Martynt74 · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:13

A few places i've been to recently have not given me the chip and pin machine but given me a pen, i though they did away with this from February or something :confused:

Is it still something you can request as i've just got a new card and no pin number for it

fireblade900 · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:15

I think you can request it but only in certain, special circumstances. There was a good discussion about it on Radio 2 the other week

Ironic Namesake · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:17

Noticed this in Wagamama the other day, they let me sign for the card, no need for pin - not sure about other places though

Werewolf · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:18

All that changed on the 14th of Feb was IIRC the liability for fraudulent transactions.
Retailers can still accept signatures, but they will be liable for any fraudulent use I beleive.

smokey · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:18

Marvt74 said:
i though they did away with this from February or something

yep Feb 14th was the end date! I know of a Esso garage still taking sigs but thats about it, everywhere uses it now. Best thing I would do it wait. Or take it with you down to the bank and take some cold hard cash out

MaxPower · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:21

Werewolf said:
All that changed on the 14th of Feb was IIRC the liability for fraudulent transactions.
Retailers can still accept signatures, but they will be liable for any fraudulent use I beleive.

Bingo, we still get people to sign but are liable if the transactions go belly up.

Alex_L · 23 Mar 2006 at 20:09

nearly every bar and club i've been in still work completely on signatures. But then i just reckon that they think drunk people wouldn't be able to do their pins, so they'd lose money, whereas with signatures they accept anything as far as i can tell.

Haircut · 23 Mar 2006 at 20:49

BUSH said:
nearly every bar and club i've been in still work completely on signatures. But then i just reckon that they think drunk people wouldn't be able to do their pins, so they'd lose money, whereas with signatures they accept anything as far as i can tell.

A while back (before the deadline) I had been out drinking in the afternoon and we went to a restaurant to eat afterwards.
Being a touch drunk I managed to completely forget my PIN - luckily the guy took pity on me and asked if I would prefer to sign just before I pressed enter on the third attempt and locked my card out.