How to Pay for a Single Bus Ride in London
Jul 19, 2015, 11:57 am
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Jul 19, 2015, 4:16 pm
#17
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Also worth pointing out that you can now get your Oyster refunded at most tube ticket machines as long as the remaining balance is under Ł10 (plus the Ł5 deposit).
This makes it really quick and easy. Previously you had to queue at the counter to get a refund which was annoying.
This makes it really quick and easy. Previously you had to queue at the counter to get a refund which was annoying.
Jul 19, 2015, 7:14 pm
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I've tried my (new American) chip card in the chip readers at Target (major US retailer) and it didn't work, and the majority of card readers I encounter are still not chip-enabled, so I have a feeling it'll be a while before Americans get used to using a chip rather than a magstripe.
Jul 19, 2015, 7:27 pm
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I wish. The US is going to chip-and-signature, not chip-and-PIN. And no, they're not offering the option of PINs for international use, so they still won't work in chip-and-PIN ticket machines. But credit cards are being reissued en masse this summer to have chips in them.
I've tried my (new American) chip card in the chip readers at Target (major US retailer) and it didn't work, and the majority of card readers I encounter are still not chip-enabled, so I have a feeling it'll be a while before Americans get used to using a chip rather than a magstripe.
I've tried my (new American) chip card in the chip readers at Target (major US retailer) and it didn't work, and the majority of card readers I encounter are still not chip-enabled, so I have a feeling it'll be a while before Americans get used to using a chip rather than a magstripe.
Jul 19, 2015, 10:07 pm
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Yes, it's insane. Target and Home Depot had massive cyber attacks that yielded the credit card information of millions of customers. But do they have chip readers yet - no ! Yet Walmart, which hasn't been attacked, got them installed in a matter of a couple of months. And the insanity of giving our credit cards, with our signatures on the back of them, to waiters in restaurants who take them in the back for 5 minutes or more. Not only can they photocopy the front of the card but also the signature !
Here in most places in Canada, they bring the machine to your table or have you follow them to pay.
I find fewer and fewer places take your card and then bring it back for you to sign at the table.
Jul 20, 2015, 1:43 am
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As a small retailer in the US, I was forced by my credit card service provider to replace my card readers last year - but the chip (and NFC enabled) versions were not yet authorised, so we'll have to replace them again this year. The incompetence and greed of the US banking sector never fails to astonish.
Jul 20, 2015, 7:47 am
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I wish. The US is going to chip-and-signature, not chip-and-PIN. And no, they're not offering the option of PINs for international use, so they still won't work in chip-and-PIN ticket machines. But credit cards are being reissued en masse this summer to have chips in them.