I saw something on TV recently about how to keep any cards where you have to punch in a PIN secure, and one thing that I remember that I hadn't realised was that, once you've punched in your 4 numbers, a heat signature on the 4 numbers your] punched can be read by a special ... and cheap ... machine that anyone can get a hold of.  It not only shows which 4 numbers you punched but also in what order as the heat signature will be greater the more recently you punched the keys.  One way to stop this, which I now always do, is, once you've punched in the 4 numbers, cover all the numbers with your hand so that the entire keypad will read hot so that they can't differentiate between the numbers and work out which numbers you've just punched.

And another really important  thing to do is to never, ever let your card out of your sight.  Never let a waiter in a restaurant, for example, take your card away to put it through as it takes only a nanosecond for them to read your card and get all the relevant info they need if they have the machine to do that.



There's now also an app you can download to your smartphone from the banks or credit institutions so that, if your card has been stolen, or if you simply can't find it, you can immediately put a hold on the card 24/7 until you contact the bank, or until you find it.  If it's just a case of not being able to find your card but then you find it when you go looking, you can then remove the hold yourself without having to alert your bank or having to go through the whole process of getting a new card when you just put it down somewhere and forgot about it then found it again, which I sometimes do when I'm making an online purchase and have a new card with a new security number on the back that I can't remember.


 

Great tip stusue!  I'll have to try to remember to use that!

I've gotten my card declined and was told to call the bank when I was out of the country and used the card.  Now I tell my credit card company when I'll be out of the country.  My ex has had a card declined when the puchase was much larger than he'd usually make (and also out of the country).  Of course in his case the amount was only several hundred $$! 

Pretty soon (late this year?) the US will finally get the credit cards with the chip that constantly radomly changes the code.

I gave up the arguing with GH, after about over 30 mails back and forth 
I started a new subscription and when I looked at my account I noticed that I had only three punches on my card. I had five before. Then I realized that it was a new card and one already filled  That must have happened when I used my January Coupon and bought Taken Souls PE and they didn´t see me as a member.

I have finished Dreamscapes-Nightmare´s Heir PE. It was OK, but not as good as the first one.

I´m playing Fantasy Mosaics 6 and Hidden Expediton- The Crown of Solomon.

I did, I found I had a bunch of expiring PCCs so I picked up Cruel Collections Any Wish Hotel, Psycho Train, Gizmos Spirit of Christmas and The Cursed Island Mask of Bargas.  Nothing more in the sales though.

I used a GCC and got Regency Solitaire and Love Chronicles Winter's Spell SE.  Haven't demoed Regency but I love Grey Alien and it got great reviews so I'm no worried.  I also got Legend of Kisilova the other day so I need one more punch for my card.  I'll have to remember to rejoin before I get that last punch.  I want to put it off until late February if I can so then my membership will go to late March, I'll be able to fill another card with PCCs or CS coupons.  There's a lot of SE versions coming out that I want.
Sometimes I'll have to talk to the CC company when I travel up north in the spring, especially when stocking up on cigarettes along the way.  Cigs in New York are over $10 pack, in the Carolinas/Virgina they're $4.  I love the idea of being able to put your own hold on your CC, I'll stick mine in my back pocket sometimes and forget about it, I'll be pretty sure it's not stolen, just misplaced and don't want to cancel it.  I lost mine on the way south this year, I'm pretty sure it fell out of my back pocket when I changed pants in my van right before I left.  They gave me the option of keeping the same number or getting a new one, I decided on the new one just in case.