From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Chip and Pin - wot no number?
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:17:33 +0000 (UTC)

"Jonathan Bryce" wrote
> The fact that you were willing to pay, albeit
> by credit/debit card without using the chip and
> pin system would be a good defence there.

Do you think the customer is always allowed to choose their own method of
payment?

What if you offered a gold watch (subjectively valued at sufficient to cover
the petrol cost)?
Or a large mound of horse manure, sufficient to have the same value?!

"M'lud, I offered the cashier my 5 year-old pair of shoes as payment and -
heaven forbid - she refused!"