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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Speaking of credit card fraud protection... my local gas station has recently started a policy where after swiping your card at the pump, you have to enter your billing zip code before it will authorize. Anyone else seen this in your area?
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We use Chip & Pin in the UK now. The card is inserted into the reader and the customer enters their 4 digit pin in order to authorise the transaction. It helps to prevent stolen cards being used, and from dishonest shop/ restaurant staff cloning cards - as the card should never be out of the customer's sight. It isn't foolproof of course, but it's better than it was.
For internet transactions (certainly in the shop I work in) the terminal allows the card number to be entered manually, but the house number, postcode digits and security number (last 3 numbers on the signature strip) need to be entered. This protects the store from fraudulant card use, but still leaves the customer open to theft by employees.
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Originally Posted by Elspode
Could you *please* explain to me what a quid is? And a bob?
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Pounds: Quid, Nicker (tends only to be used for higher amounts, no-one would say, "That cost me four nicker")
Fives and tens are fivers and tenners, but a twenty is just a twenty.
A pony is 25, a ton is 100, a monkey is 500 and a grand is 1000 - I don't know if you use those in the States.
You won't hear bob for money these days, it's a pre-decimal term. It was the name for a shilling (20 shillings in a pound in old money). Therefore a ten bob note is not the same as a ten pound note.
Coppers are the brown coins - 1 and 2 pence. The silver coins - 5, 20 and 50 pence - are often reffered to as shrapnel.