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You may run afoul of the credit card companies if you try to verify ID on purchase.

• tansey 16y ago
  How so?
  • matasar 16y ago
    In some states in the US, it's illegal to ask for id for a credit card purchase. In all states, the credit card companies don't like it. Here's a good set of google answers about the issue: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=71792 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=71792 This is all to say, credit card processing is incredibly complicated. Here's another quote, directly from the federal government [1]: "MasterCard wants to hear about merchants who break their rules. Send the name and address and an account of what happened to MasterCard International, c/o Radio City Station, P. O. Box 1288, New York, NY 10101. The merchant's bank will get a stiff letter, ordering it to investigate and bring the offending store into line - or pay a $2,000 fine. Visa enforces the same rules as MasterCard. "When we hear about a violation, we ask the bank that signed the merchant to get together with the merchant and see that the practice is stopped," Visa representative states. To report a merchant, send a letter to the bank that issued your Visa card. American Express also prohibits merchants from asking for IDs. "All a merchant is supposed to do is take an imprint, make sure the signature matches and swipe the card through the terminal, to get authorization." [1] http://www.in.gov/dfi/2554.htm http://www.in.gov/dfi/2554.htm
    • Natsu 16y ago
      Aren't Visa & MasterCard owned by the same company? I thought that's why they always dump on Discover in the advertisements.