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From: cc-06@cory.BERKELEY.EDU (Ilya Goldberg)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 18:52:01 EST
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In article <514@mhuxl.UUCP> daw1@mhuxl.UUCP (Douglas A. Williams) writes:
>> He said no, I couldn't have them -- and then pointed to a pre-printed
>> notice on the credit slip, just above the signature space, which said:
>> 
>> 		    DEALER IS REQUIRED TO
>> 		    RETAIN CARBON SHEET AS AN
>> 		    ACCOUNTING RECORD.
>> 
>> The credit slip was printed by Chevron.  It didn't seem to matter that
>
>	Exxon does the same thing! I suppose that the dealer probably

	I don't think that having your gas credit card number exposed is
so terrible - who ever heard of gasoline credit card fraud.  Gasoline credit
cards are limited to few types of goods and services and usually have a low
credit limit, therefore discouraging fraud.

					Ilya Goldberg	(...!ucbvax!ilya)
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