ViLco wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
>> And as more countries around the world move to chip-and-PIN cards,
>> it's inevitable that Americans will encounter more difficulties
>> paying for things abroad.
>
> Here in Italy that kind of card has only started to spread in the last
> 2 years, and the result is? My GF's ATM card has the damn chip and so
> 3/4 of the shops can't read her card because they have old readers who
> can't read the chip. LOL
> Come to Italy, you'll be fine

Had to pick up a new credit card a week or two ago (because the old one
was due to expire) and Lo and Behold the new one has one of these
new-fangled chips in it. Fortunately it also has a 'strip' on it too,
and the blurb that came with it states, "If the retailer does not have
a chip-card reader, the transaction will be processed in the same way
as it has always been done..."

Heh. We shall see... I only use my credit card occasionally - and most
of the supermarkets I shop in only seem to have those 'swipe' thingies
(I usually use my debit card which is a 'swipe only' one).
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Cheers
Chatty Cathy