"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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On Sep 23, 7:20 pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2009-09-23, cshenk > wrote:
>
> > 1)- I do not have a debit card. The bank I use wants to attach it to my
> > checking account and the consumer protection for debit cards is
> > non-existant.
>
> Bingo!
>
> ....and they don't REQUIRE a pin number to work. Jes pass it to the
> min wage clerk, who NEVER asks for ID, and shazam!, the money is gone.
> Yeah, like I'm that stupid. I cut up the debit card my bank sent me
> so fast, the plastic melted to the scissors.
>
> nb

>Huh? The debit cards I am familiar with always require a PIN
>and never leave the customer's hand.

ALL you have to do is run it through as a credit card. Then no number is
required. A recent development around here, and the major cause of people
forgetting their pins.