[access-uk] Re: Questions about chip and pin
- From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:25:39 +0200
Hi Carole
Ok I will see if the hotel has one to let me see how it
works. That way I will know what I am doing.
Regards
Adrien
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 12 July 2012 07:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Questions about chip and pin
Adrian,
I have found that most card readers can be moved these days
and I'm sure they'll try to get it low enough for your use.
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Questions about chip and pin
> Hi Eleanor
>
> Ok yes I have the dexterity as you put it to put my pin
number in but
> not all shops particularly over here have facilities for
wheelchairs,
> here disability isn't as far forward as it is in the uk
but even when
> I lived in the UK I occasionally came across occasions
when I found it
> difficult to get close enough to the part where the keypad
was so I
> found it difficult to enter my own pin numbers, I don't
have elastic
> arms. Hence I have always had chip and sign cards in the
uk but as
> they don't do that here, I have no option than to have
someone help
> me.
> No I hope the people who will be helping me don't take my
money but
> surely even you would know that you can never be too
careful in this
> day and age.
> I only give my pin number to people I trust and know, if I
can't trust
> mum, who can you trust? I will assess the situation when I
get to the
> uk, my bank apparently is closing branches down so it
isn't so easy
> for me just to go into a branch but I would think under
the current
> financial climate and with banks buying one another out,
there isn't
> the need for so many branches. How ever that doesn't
really help me. I
> would have to go into a branch and draw cash out. as I
said, I will
> see how it works. I am coming to the uk for two weeks but
am still
> going to need some cash.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrien
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor
Burke Sent: 11
> July 2012 18:55
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Questions about chip and pin
>
> Adrien I am not sure quite what is your problem, is it
that your Mum
> put in your pin number for you? If you have the dexterity
to put it
> in yourself, then surely the shops where you make
purchases can bring
> the machine to your level, also there are sides on it to
prevent
> people from looking at your number. I would have hoped
that these
> helper strangers would not be out to take your money.
Failing that,
> wherever you are going on holiday, maybe you can have
traveller's
> cheques or take money out from the post office as and
when, though
> that could be very awkward as one often makes a
spontaneous purchase.
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrien Collins" <adriencollins22160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'access uk'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:06 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Questions about chip and pin
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am going on holiday next fortnight, I will be with
> carers,
>> I will obviously need money and will have to pay for
> things
>> in shops, I am in a wheelchair and normally get help from
mum who
>> goes with me but I will be with strangers, what is the
best way to
>> use the chip and pin in shops and banks?
> MY
>> BANKS cards used to be chip and sign.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Adrien
>>
>>
>>
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