Chip 'n' Pin

Ahh,sorry busman i just re-read it and i did read it wrong i thought you said you had entered your pin but you didnt sorry!

Yeah you are right some people dont have a number yet.
Halifax cards have a chip but even the chip n pin machine dont recognise these cards and they say they are none alpha-numeric ?

So don't worry your not on your own as a cashier myself i will be more happy when this thing really kicks off!!!
 
I have a Halifax card, Asda chip & pin will not accept it, neither will thier 24hr petrol machines.

So at some point I have to order a new card & be without any money for a week while they send me a new one, still the basic idea is good.

As for ID cards, yes they can be a good idea, although I have no idea what criminal activity the will reduce & I hate the idea that the govermnet is going to charge us £30+ each for them.
 
No, you shouldn't have to order a new card and be without one. The banks etc are gradually replacing their cards and should send you a new one automatically and tell you when to destroy the old one and start using the new one, which it sounds like Halifax may have already tried to do but the cards don't work?

Maybe you should let Halifax know that you've got a problem using them.

Although I don't mind the idea of an ID card I too object to the fact that if it is being imposed upon us they then add insult to injury by expecting us to pay for it.
 
With most cards it is possible to change your pin to one you can remember so just either use same number for all cards or differ by just one number example 1234 for the 1st card got 1235 for 2nd card etc. etc.
 
sorry ellen its not a good idea to change your cards to all the same number cause if a thief gets your purse and gets your number they got all your cards to play with.

you will need to keep all your cards as different as possible these kind of thiefs know all the tricks in the book they can even clone cards that are exact replicas of your card but the magnetic strip dont contain any information so when swiped nothing comes up they make the card look old and worn so the cashire has to key in the number and coz it got your number on its your account the money comes out of !

Its very clever stuff thats why you need to keep your numbers as different as possible. :-)
 
Yeah I agree with what you say but what I don't understand is why anyone would want to carry more than one card at once anyway.
 
I am sorry but I don't agree with this c&P method, I was in a local supermarket and this young lad said to his mum ,just as she had done her number."what's 4596 for mum?" It is open to a lot of abuse to me, My partners mum is 4 ft 8 the world can see over her shoulder, she is 83 and is terrified of this system, just because anyone can get her number.So we told her to just do what she has done before and say she can't remeber. I think if it was your signature and your pin then that would be better. Not many could sign my signiture and thats the way it is staying. I just say I can't remember the number.The cover for the number pad is not private enough for me.At least at an ATM you can cover your hand with your body or a handbag etc.
I'll stick it out until there is no other way, I can't see them ever being able to do it as someone will forget the numbers.
 
i agree with you baconman but you will only be able to hold out till january after that if you dont know your PIN then you dont get the goods!

If you read back its been said before the chip n pin machine does detatch from its stand and is on a coiled wire so you can remove it from its stand and hide it any way you want but it dont solve the PIN problem maybe change it to your house number and birthdate? i dont know.
Which reminds me i need to find the PIN for my mastercard n memorise it.
 
I have seen the C&P used extensively in Australia and it does not seem to cause any problems at all. I am looking forward to getting my new card, but my husband will be stymied.....and he has only just got used to using his switch card...... he cannot remember numbers for the life of him. I do not think it is a good idea to write your pin number down anywhere disguised as a telephone number...... the card companies warn against doing anything like that and it would imvalidate any card protection insurance that you have.
 
I ordered a new PIN for my credit card.

I then tried to change it at the ATM when it came through, but it wouldn't allow me to.

So I called Tesco Personal Finance and asked them why this was, and was told that I didn't have a Chip & Pin card, but I had a Chip & Signature card instead. They were phasing them in and asked me whether I wanted the new one.

I politely declined, as they only sent me this one a few weeks ago - the previous one got cloned and someone in New Jersey had a field day...
 
well im sorry but i really dont know how they can phase them in coz starting from january shop wont be able to accept a signature at all as mentioned previously! I have also mentioned cloned cards see everyone it really does happen.
 
yeah i think many shops still have the old swipe machines but they are trying to phase in the pin numbers
 
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