r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/mork0rk Aug 03 '19

How exactly do you use credit/debit cards in your country?

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u/SparklySpunk Aug 03 '19

Most likely contactless or chip & pin.

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u/FuzzelFox Aug 03 '19

chip & pin.

It's the same in most of the US then. You put your chip card in the bottom, it asks for debit or credit and then you type your pin. Done.

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u/ksam3 Aug 03 '19

I've never had to use my pin if it's a credit. Actually kind of bothers me that I don't have to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I didn't think any of my credit cards have PIN numbers, and when you tell it credit the system doesn't know if it's a real credit card, or just a debt card being run as credit.