Originally Posted by
Whittaker
I raised that issue last year as everything else was migrating to chips, were our swipings soon to become a telltale sign we were using GCs? I had a cashier ask me a couple months ago - you're not using the chip? Not in a threating or challenging way, seemed more as curiosity. I replied that half the time I use the chip I get a 'Card Read Error', so the bank said until they figure out if it's the cards or their end, just go back to swiping for now. She nodded and seemed to accept that, but it's got to become more and more glaring going forward.
I would just say, "Yea this bank hasn't sent me a chip card yet."
Most cashiers know that you have to get a certain number (2? 3?) of chip errors and then it will let you swipe. Some care, some don't or course.