Newey and Eyre and WF electricals.

[kai]

Perhaps someone will know the answer to this?

Whenever I shop at either Newey's or WF's, the salesperson always overrides the chip and pin function on the card terminal, and asks me to sign instead. Why would they do this? is it so that criminals can have an easy time shopping at the above places using counterfeit cards etc?

When I query it with the salesman, explaining it is a security risk, they just say "the management tell them they must override the security system when accepting card payments" - perhaps this is why they seem to be more expensive then normal these days - it's probably to cover the very high card fraud losses that they will incur.

 

[flameport]

There is no reason for them to do it.

Not using the pin function means they are liable for all fraud and other losses. It also takes longer.
Surprising that their bank/merchant account provider hasn't picked up on this already - after all, they have a pin terminal but are not using it correctly.

What's next - using one of these?