Re: Not surprising
One of the main reasons I hardly ever use my debit card any more - just too much risk in the USA. I finally got a chip enabled card two months ago (only 15 years behind Holland and other countries) but have only been able to use the chip once. Most places still use swipe, even though they have chip enabled PoS terminals - they claim it's not working.
So I use cash for almost everything except the weekly grocery shop.
Ironic because now I only use cash when I'm back in the UK (because no chip and pin on US cards) and increasingly use cash in the US too. However everyone under 30 around me appears to use their debit cards for absolutely everything - including items for less than $1/£1 - madness!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
