On Fri, 18 May 2012 20:53:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Janet" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Not in the UK; without the PIN it's impossible to use debit or credit
>> cards in any machine or store transaction.
>
>Wow! I don't even know my CC PIN. I've never used it! Here you only need
>it if taking cash from the ATM.
>


You don't know it because you probably don't have one. In Europe (and
to a lesser degree but growing in the US), chip & pin cards are the
norm. You just tap, put in the pin and the charge is made. No need
to swipe, no need to sign.