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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