In a message dated 29/11/2004 23:04:40 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> At the last lace day I went to Tim Parker was saying that that's likely > to change from next year when pin &chip applies to all cards because > the traders will need to invest in pin and chip readers, and many of > the smaller businesses (of the type that attend lace days, craft fairs > etc) will find it uneconomic to do so. He did say that he would > continue to accept plastic as though it were mail/telephone order - ie > he'll write down your card number then process it on the old machine > when he gets home, but he would prefer cash or cheque. > > Brenda > http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/ I was under the impression that small retailers were going to be given the means to take pin and chip cards free of charge and that it was the big retailers who are having to pay because they are the ones who get the most fraud and the card companies wanted them to take responsibility for the fraud prevention (no, it doesn't make sense to me) - however, having spoken with my friendly mensware salesman who tells me really interesting facts - it seems that at the moment hyou need to have a phone line to process the pin and chip cards as you can bring the portable card to a person's table to ask them to put in their chip (in a restaurant was the example) but then you take it back to the main station and let it ring out from there. Are any of the suppliers awake on the list - Vivienne from Biggins or the ladies from Roseground who can shed light on this? Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
