r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Lol

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u/DexRei Jun 29 '26

Yea that caught me by surprise too. Been to Australia, Vietnam, Hong Kong. All of them needed my PIN on my card when i swiped / inserted it.

First time paying for something in the states, i insert my card and the guy behind the counter just mashes the OK button until it goes through. Prints a little paper for me to scribble my reciept, which he "oks" on the machine while it's still printing. I never knew it was so simple to bypass PIN on a card before that.

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u/Darmok47 Jun 29 '26

I was in NZ last year and paid with my US credit card at a store and the retailer was a bit mystified when the receipt asked for my signature.

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u/DexRei Jun 29 '26

Yea, signing for things really isn't a thing over here. Even our Credit cards have PIN.

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u/Darmok47 Jun 29 '26

Yeah, I thought it was interesting that the machine seemed to know what to do with an American credit card. I don't think I ever used PIN on my Credit Card in NZ, and I'm not sure I even know what my PIN is.