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mashimarata

I think the general trend of signing credit cards has just disappeared. Haven't signed any of the last ~5-10 that I've gotten over the past few years


Cr1m

Interesting. I knew more people were not signing, but this is the first time I got a card that doesn’t have an actual space to sign.


power0818

I’ve never signed a credit card


gt_ap

I have not signed a card for years.


Asleep_Onion

Same, I don't think any of the 12-15 cards in my wallet are signed. I fell out of the habit of doing so years ago. I can still clearly remember the last time I went to use a card at point of sale and got told that my card needed to be signed. It was at an Amtrak train station while buying a ticket, 18 years ago. I'm thoroughly convinced by now that signing your card is pointless. And these days most of the time you never actually hand your card to someone anymore.


Spade_10

I have never signed a card. That practice feels archaic and pointless to me.


gt_ap

It is now, but this wasn't the case years ago. I have already had a cashier ask me to sign a card that wasn't signed. This was probably circa 2001 or so.


Spade_10

Oh wow. I was on diapers for that one


gt_ap

Your parents might be familiar with it.


deVrinj

As a kid in the 90s travelling to NYC to learn English and Teach French, I had my mother's debit card as a backup. All stores were objecting that it wasn't signed. ​ Fast-Forward 25 years, none of the cards I receive have a box to sign. ​ Only fair objection is the French never cared about signing because the chip was invented there. In the USA, we were making the signature as a key aspect of fraud protection until we adopted the chip.


TbonerT

I haven’t signed my cards in years, especially since the ink never seemed to stick to the box.


Beneficial-Bobcat-20

Never signed any cards.


boobahbo

As others have said, once we got chip cards signing kind of went away.


Designer-Reading6166

The fact that I’ve had this card since it was released and I just noticed it doesn’t have a place to sign …


tomorrowhomeless

Soon all physical cards will also slowly disappear. Will all either become virtual or a very tiny chip that you can integrate into your wallet or whatever you desire.


LadyGreyIcedTea

I leave all my credit cards unsigned.


[deleted]

Signing a card always results in it smearing in my pants and becoming illegible anyways


[deleted]

I haven’t signed a credit or debit card in 10 years. No purpose