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From: c55-hp@buddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Ilya Goldberg)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Credit card slips, storage of
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 00:27:10 EST
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In article <1793@hammer.UUCP> andrew@hammer.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>	"Naturally, if you use a Master Card to buy your gas, you'll
>	never see these [credit card slips], but Master Card probably
>	has warehouses full of them"
>Actually what they have is cabinets full of microfilm.  Credit card
>slips are treated just like checks, except that some banks still send
>the original checks to the customer after they've been photographed.

	 I believe American Express actually sends you a copy of the slip
in addition to the one you get at the time of purchase.

						Ilya Goldberg

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