Credit card swiping at petrol pay counters only

[orchipalar]

Err...this morning...Orchi's plastic is still good at the pumps in USJ2 Shell...

[gnehkgnep]

GoHead, donno lar ....my brain a bit anti-govenment these few days....too many sceptics on their ability......so many issues brought up....any thing good which u want to highlight on them......need some brainwash.......too much bah kut teh.....maybe......

everyday eat at Big Tree Small Tree ...........wah lau eh kahwan...chia bak...pai kut....chai poh neng.....ikan pari black sauce.....u cha ke.....

[Ski]

Just to pass some info ..just returned from the Shell Stn and the good news is from next year there would be more attendents in all Shell stations as each one woud be carrying a mobile Cr. card swiper. So need to Q up to pay at counter. Your present Cr card can be used too.
Btw the Shell Stn at SS15 has commenced using both the swipers for the time being,not sure for the other stns.

[KH EE]

a mobile Cr. card swiper.

tried this at shell usj2 & it took some time for a single transaction to go thru! better use petronas or use cash. also the bonuslink points have been decreased from 8pts for the first rm15 to 8pts for the first rm25! looks like it's petronas or bp (got competition-lah!)

[Ski]

Maybe teething problems ,anyway we will wait and see our it unfolds..worse come to worse use cash but I still use Shell

[gotterdammerung]

The reason they gave "to fight fraud at petrol kiosks"? It makes sense because swiping cards at the readers (now almost everyone is using cards) caused magnetic residue that needs frequent or regular cleaning, service & maintenance of the readers which is another cost to the kiosk operators. As long as all credit cards are using magnetic cards which need swipe magnetic readers, this is going to be a long run maintenance problem, unless banks change to proximity (contactless card readers). But then they hid the real reason and blame it on fraud because as long as magnetic cards are concerned, fraud is ever existing since frauds started with the credit cards. Change to proximity contactless credit card system? Emmm...not in near future, so we all will go back to basic in this IT era. Or what if they started to charge you 3% or 5% for paying with credit card like when you buy from many handphone sellers at Sg. Wang, Pertama, The Mall, etc, etc?

[kwchang]

For those of you still talking of the magnetic strip, please re-read what others have said about converting to the EMV system. If anyone is interested, do check this website out - http://www.silicon-trust.com/trends/tr_emv.asp

I believe the new system is what had been implemented at all ATMs in the country, ie smart-cards using an electronic chip rather than the magnetic strip.

By the way, Giant at USJ1 already use the smart-card system for credit card payment. Next time observe how the cashier sticks the card into a slot rather than swipe. That is going to be a world-wide changeover to this technology.

[jadewhite]

If its for security sake , why not? All of us would not want to be slapped with bills not authorised by us. Like whay been said, Petronas had implemented the slot type payment. If you are worried of the q, switch lar to Petronas.

However, I forsee that in future this would be implemented at all outlets. Credit card companies has been losing lots of money in this type of transaction O.

[KH EE]

walla! today's thesun on page 6, you can see petronas' advertorial entitled "CHIP-BASED CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED AT PETRONAS STATIONS".

However, out of 700 stations nationwide, only 550 stations are equipped with pay-at-pump facility. So, it's petronas for fast getaway!