debit card

[deggers316]

i have twice paid for car parking in a Leeds car pak with my debit card and it did not need my security number it just debited the card and gave me the car park ticket back
never thought anything of this but is it normal anyone else had this?

[mushroom25]

same on the M6 Toll - put your card in the machine, press the button, out comes your receipt and your card. In 5 years, no issues whatsoever.

[bednobs]

yes, arent all car parks like this?

[Buenchico]

The technology for allowing you to pay for things like car parking, rail tickets and petrol, by simply inserting your card into the machine, was introduced shortly before 'chip and pin' came into use. Most of the older (non-chip-&-pin') machines have now been upgraded to require a PIN but some still exist. (Those in the Grays Shopping Centre Multi-StoreyCar Park, where I spent a day counting vehicles last week, are still of the older type but signs are displayed on them stating that 'chip & pin' is on its way).

If you travel abroad you'll still find lots of non-chip-&-pin machines used for things like purchasing bus tickets.

Chris

[deggers316]

no not all car parks bedknobs the only one i come across is the one in Leeds all others require a pin number

[boxtops]

Yes, it's becoming more common - we paid for parking at the airport and all we had to do is pop the card into the machine, it just took the money. You can pay for small value items in some shops just by touching the pad with your card too, now.

[EvianBaby]

Yeah my new debit card has that facility Boxtops where I can just sort of swish the card over a machine for low value purchases. Not that I've ever come across one of the machines.

[grasscarp]

Buenchico I went to school in grays, and passed my driving test there some 45 years ago! I paid at a station car park with a credit card the other day and no pin required.

[Eve]

I've come across a few of the swipe machines, they have them in Pret-a-Manger though they rarely seem to be working, saying that I usually use change anyway as only go in there for the cheap coffee (99p!) and loyalty card.

I've seen them in Greggs too.

[ummmm]

I've only ever came across it in Luton airport 10 minute drop off.

[Buenchico]

It seems to be the same across all of the Luton Airport car parks, Ummmm. You've reminded me that when I parked there for a day (for a quick trip to Bordeaux), a few months ago, I didn't need to enter my PIN.

[Khandro]

All the 'Payage' stations on the French motorways work on this principle, and if memory serves , so does the one one the M6 Birmingham Relief.

[ummmm]

It was very lucky Chris as I entered the 10 minute drop off by accident...with no cash, and the signs said anything over 10 minutes would be £80. I panicked.....until I spotted the card payment thingy.