Use cash.
This applies to all retailers.
AMEX just changed out my card.
I don’t this this makes a whole lot of difference to firearm dealers in particular, but to retailers in general. And it should not make a bean’s worth of difference to the customers. It means that if the vendors don’t use the right equipment to do the processing, THEY are on the hook.
What does this mean for gun buyers? As the kids say, “Meh.”
The new cards are 3/4” thick and weigh 4 pounds.
With batteries.
If you operate a retail business in the US, and accept bank credit cards (MasterCard, Visa, Amex, and maybe Discover), it's relevant to you.
In October, 2015, you must use a credit-card terminal that reads the embedded chip, or you assume responsibility for any fraudulent use.
Exceptions include: unattended fuel dispenser (they have until 2017) and ATMs (not sure of the end date).
If the card does not have a chip on it, they can still swipe the magnetic stripe. But, banks are expected to send their cardholders chipped cards before the end of this year.
So if you scrape away tbe parts that apply to every retailer in the country, this come down to a push to buy the equipment that kicks some of the money back to the NSSF.
Slower than a swipe. Expect longer lines at POS
Bump for reference
Pay Attention folks:
Identity Theft and Fraud are equivalent to Pregnancy in this regard.
ABSTINENCE works every time it is tried, if you do not make ANY Electronic Transactions your Identity will not be Stolen. You cannot be easily tracked either. I use CASH FOR EVERYTHING and make NO ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS OF ANY KIND. Am I worried??? NOPE.
Do these “smart cards” use RFID?
Just who is behind this crap, the government?