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From: SofPasuk@imagen.UUCP (Munach Rvi'i)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Credit card slips, storage of
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 21:21:36 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
> 
> 						...!ucbvax!ilya

Want to make a bet that even American Express ends the practice of sending
the actual sales slip?  In fact, for car rentals and airline tickets, they
already have discontinued sending the actual slip ("signature on file").

Expect an announcement of "to serve you better" and "a new feature" of 
American Express, actual sales slips will no longer be sent, except upon
special individual request.  Will probably happen within next year...