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From: carleton@janis.DEC
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: using credit card numbers for check id.
Message-ID: <272@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 10:28:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  3 10:28:23 1985
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Whenever I use want to use a check at a business establishment, they always
ask for drivers liscense and a major credit card. They then proceed to plaster
my credit card number all over the back of my check, which makes me very 
uncomfortable. Why is it that they need the number for 'identification
purposes only" ?? Several times I have offered to SHOW the person my credit
card, to verify my identity, but have refused to let them write my number on
my check. When they say they need the number for identification, I tell them
that I will shop someplace else, and they usually back down. Can someone let
us know what happens to a check from the time you write it until the time you
get it back from the bank ?? How many people see the check before you get it
back ?? Is it a good idea for all these people to have access to my credit 
card number. ??

DMC@DEC