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From: c55-hp@buddy.BERKELEY.EDU (Ilya Goldberg)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Credit card carbons ("No, you can't have them")
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 11:03:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 11:03:40 1986
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In article <718@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:
>In article <850@felix.UUCP>, bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long) writes:
>>Something that concerns me more than the credit card carbons is all of the
>>stores that now require that you have a major credit card in order to write
>>a check!  And they copy all of the numbers onto the back of the check.
>>Who knows who all has access to your check before it gets deposited.
>>	Roger L. Long
>>	{hplabs,trwrb}!felix!bytebug
>
>Yes, this is irksome.  (Even AFTER the check is deposited, unscrupulous
>bank clerks could see the number, too.)  But is the expiration date copied?
>All the times I used a check at places which ask for a credit card for ID
>when paying with a check, I never once had the expiration date copied too.

	My bank is Bank of America and I have a credit card from them as
well as a checking account.  One of the services they provide is overdraft
protection - they will move money from the credit card account into the
checking account if the balance falls below zero.  This way, they can guarantee
the checks I write (up to a certain amount).  They do that by giving me
an ATM card with words "Check Guarantee" on it.  The merchants will accept this
card in lieu of my credit card.  They write down its number and expiration
date on the check. The number though, cannot be used for credit card purchases!
Thus, the solution to the problem.

						Ilya Goldberg

						...!ucbvax!ilya