Signing the backs of credit cards and bank cards - how are you supposed to do that then?
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Landslide
Rare Migrant
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- Called to the bar
I can normally squeeze my pawprint into the space, but find that the ink fades away far sooner than the card's expiry date.
upsidedown
Waiting for the great leap forward
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- The middle bit
A CD marking pen is the only thing i've found that works; saying that i walked round with an unsigned American Express card for a year so i'm no expert.
addictfreak
Guru
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- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Dont normally have a problem
dudi
Senior Member
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- Ipswich, Suffolk
I can't fit mine on, I have an elegent, flowing and quite tall signature... not really. it's a scribbly tall mess.
My mum & dad however, have long narrow signatures and the space provided is just perfect.
My mum & dad however, have long narrow signatures and the space provided is just perfect.
accountantpete
OAP
I went to Focus and the card reader was out of order so the lady processed the sale manually - and refused the card because I hadn't signed it. I pointed out the (now) very faint residue of my signatue and she was perfectly happy to proceed!?!?
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
I usually have a couple of practice runs on a piece of paper - this also makes sure the pen will write as usually there's not enough friction to get it to work.
When I've been to America they never ever look at your card in shops because if the card's stolen the debt is insured anyway.
The whole thing's a nonsense isn't it!
When I've been to America they never ever look at your card in shops because if the card's stolen the debt is insured anyway.
The whole thing's a nonsense isn't it!
gbb
Squire
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Rigid Raider said:
Funny you say that
We got new cards just before christmas. Both opened them, got a pen out, signed them.....then realised we'd signed each others 
Tried to wipe it off....and made it look 10 times worse. Had to phone the issuer and immediately request new cards
Night Train
Maker of Things
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- Greater Manchester
Signing cards are no problem for me.
The more difficult one is how to sign the electronic handset thing that delivery people have. I can never get a signature on it as the pressure changes on the 'pen' causes the 'print' to stop and start so I end up with random bits of lines, dots and strokes that I wouldn't recognise as my own.
The more difficult one is how to sign the electronic handset thing that delivery people have. I can never get a signature on it as the pressure changes on the 'pen' causes the 'print' to stop and start so I end up with random bits of lines, dots and strokes that I wouldn't recognise as my own.
upsidedown
Waiting for the great leap forward
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NatWest sent me a card reader a while back. Looks like a calculator but i've got no idea what it's for.
I'm sure it said it was the next great security breakthrough or something.
I'm sure it said it was the next great security breakthrough or something.
Use a Staedtler Permanent 'Lumocolor' Fine Tip. Obtainable in most good stationers. Makes a good fine line, and the most durable ink I've come across (I use it for marking CDs and DVDs, too - and even the index mark on my seat post!). And probably the signature doesn't matter that much anyway, but the rules say you've got to sign it...
gbb
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upsidedown said:
Do you bank online ? We have one with the Co-operative bank. It's a pain but a pain worth suffering if the systems more robust.
I dont think its a card reader, rather a gizmo that gives random numbers that the bank can understand somehow, and it validates who you are.
