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Old 11-06-2006, 03:13 AM
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Default Re: Debit cards

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Originally Posted by Jacklad
OK - that's a difference between the Canadian and US systems then. Ours are pin only, no signatures. Probably safer, because you know how often cashiers check signatures.

If you're up for a laugh, check out http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/ to see how bad this can be in real life. Although this was a credit card, it still boggles the mind to see the transactions that were accepted, and the fact the neither cashiers nor the credit card company noticed anything amiss (well, not until the very end of Part 2, and that required a huge purchase).

Jackie
That was funny! I needed that this morning. Kind of scary though!
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