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From: bob@sdcsvax.UUCP (Robert Hofkin)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Phone numbers on credit slips?
Message-ID: <14@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 11:56:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 31 11:56:29 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Sep-84 09:33:41 EDT
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A lot of merchants have started demanding a phone number along with the
signature on credit card slips.  One has even printed their own slips,
with a big space for the phone number.  What reasoning lies behind this
move?  How do netters feel about publicizing their [possibly unlisted]
number?

--Bob Hofkin