Originally Posted by
docbert
I'm off to Singapore/Australia tomorrow so I'll see how well people there handle it given they are very much C+P countries.
After about 5 days in Singapore, almost every single person I've given this card to has tried to swipe it. They look at the "front" of the card, don't see a chip, so start swiping away. Of course, the swipe fails as they were swiping the wrong area.
So even once the US goes to chip+pin/sign, the design still sucks.
So far I've only had one place where I wasn't able to use the card at all, which is to add value to my EzLink card (used for public transport). The kiosks allow you to select either swipe or chip. Swiping doesn't work as it then asks you to use the chip. The Chip doesn't work as it enforces the use of a pin.