Re: DoubleR Discount

From: Tony (News_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:46:53 -0000

" Jill." <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:35f6poF4krcsrU1@individual.net...
> n4mwd.dont.spam.me@amsat.org wrote:
>> I think I may have accidentally posted a blank message... Sorry about
>> that... But I think I lost some things in the translation below...
>>
>> Till point = cash register/checkout lane
>
> yes
>
>
>> Chip and Pin = ????
>
> The new cards are being fitted with a security microchip
> and the owners issued with a 4 figure number - Personal Identidy Number -
> pin - which they use to validate the transaction instead of the old
> fashioned signature
> In theory the retailer is not even meant to touch the card but invite the
> customer to insert the card into the machine themselves.
> So now as a retailer you are liable for fraud but you are not allowed to
> touch the card to see if its been tampered with nor can you watch someone
> writing a signature -- and they call it progress !
>
> --
>

And the cards are ready to load cash into though we haven't gone live with
that yet. The idea being that you load say a 100 quid into the card and
your balance is immediately debited. You can then use it in shops as cash
who don't have full merchant ability. Don't see what's wrong with notes
myself.

Tony

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