Card transactions by proxy

[Roland Perry]

In article 
<AANLkTim_qXSiOR_SoPTy7nn+cJHSb2t5GYc7yDOg8_JQ at mail.gmail.com>, Tony 
Naggs <tony.naggs at googlemail.com> writes

>Locally (Cambridge) I sometimes make my monthly council tax payment at 
>the Post Office, where they swipe my council issued magnetic stripe 
>card and then take a payment from my debit card using their Chip & Pin 
>terminal.

My council closed their "cash office" for good last Friday. Although it 
also took cheques, and Credit Cards for a £2 fee.

Apparently, if I want to pay in person now, I have to find a PayPoint, 
but I doubt they take cheques and certainly don't take debit or credit 
cards.
-- 
Roland Perry