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From: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
Message-ID: <455@faron.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 14:21:28 EST
Article-I.D.: faron.455
Posted: Thu Jan 30 14:21:28 1986
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References: <8529@ucla-cs.ARPA> <106@ucdavis.UUCP>
Reply-To: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
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Organization: The MITRE Coporation, Bedford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <106@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrse@ucdavis.UUCP (Steve Ehrhardt) writes:
>> 		    DEALER IS REQUIRED TO
>> 		    RETAIN CARBON SHEET AS AN
>> 		    ACCOUNTING RECORD.
>> 
> [ ... more discussion of carbons, Texaco, etc.]

I thought the whole point of keeping your carbons was to prevent anyone from
taking them out of the trash and getting your charge card number and
signature and using it to purchase things.  If this is true, then the oil
companies probably require the carbons to be returned _to_prevent_this_from_
happening_!  Obviously, it doesn't matter if the gas station gets their
hands on the carbons, because they have a copy of your number and signature
on their copy of the receipt anyway.  

Am I missing something?  Are there other reasons for keeping your carbons?