Comments on: Chip and PIN http://affable-lurking.org/blog/2005/12/03/chip-and-pin/ It's worse than that, it's physics, Jim. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Scribbler http://affable-lurking.org/blog/2005/12/03/chip-and-pin/#comment-513 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:41:06 +0000 http://affable-lurking.org/blog/2005/12/03/chip-and-pin/#comment-513 I was in a local supermarket the other week, who shall remain nameless because they're crap For whatever reason my PIN number wouldn't go through, despite the fact I knew I typed 4291 correctly. In the end, they allowed me to sign for it in the old fashioned way. Kind of defeats the purpose... I was in a local supermarket the other week, who shall remain nameless because they’re crap

For whatever reason my PIN number wouldn’t go through, despite the fact I knew I typed 4291 correctly. In the end, they allowed me to sign for it in the old fashioned way.

Kind of defeats the purpose…

]]> by: lynn http://affable-lurking.org/blog/2005/12/03/chip-and-pin/#comment-512 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:30:09 +0000 http://affable-lurking.org/blog/2005/12/03/chip-and-pin/#comment-512 Know just what you mean, chip n pin has also saved me a fortune this year for the same reason...and you know I've never once got home and regreted not being able to buy that spur-of-the-moment-bung-it-on-the-card purchase. I wonder when the credit card companies will realise this flaw in their plans and ditch the idea. Know just what you mean, chip n pin has also saved me a fortune this year for the same reason…and you know I’ve never once got home and regreted not being able to buy that spur-of-the-moment-bung-it-on-the-card purchase.

I wonder when the credit card companies will realise this flaw in their plans and ditch the idea.

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