Theo Markettos wrote:

Clifford Frisby wrote:
Anyway, they refused to take a signature in lieu of PIN, and I refused to
let them take the card for swiping.

So, was I being churlish in not letting them swipe the card?

No, I don't think so. The only thing the PIN gets used for in connection
with magstripe is an ATM transaction, which you very plainly weren't
doing.

I'm surprised the terminal would even ask for a PIN, if it has no chip to
send it to.


I've seen it before, so I wasn't surprised in that sense. On the other hand,
I'm surprised that it's so easy to construct, legitimately, these Heath
Robinson arrangements, given that we are all supposed to be alert to such
fishiness. (There must be a joke about fish and chips in there somewhere.)

Theo