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Had an incident when me and my wife went to an IHOP for lunch this afternoon. When the bill came and gave the server my VISA card, she asked to see my ID. I refused, my card is signed, and there is no reason for them to ask for ID. She took the bill and card and went to the manager. He then came up to me and ask me for my ID. Again, I refused and told him there was no reason for him to see my ID because the card is signed. He insisted, told me it was "for my protection", but I still refused. He walked away, talked to someone else (another manager maybe) and then ran my card. He came back to me and said in a very stern voice, "This time I will process your card but next time you are in here I will require you to show your ID before you pay your bill!" I signed my bill, he took it, but NEVER CHECKED MY SIGNATURE! The whole time after this he kept his eye on me. About 5 minutes passed and we walked out of the restaurant. He walked out with me to take a smoke break, even to the point of walking over to where we were parked and watched us drive away. Probably just thought he was dealing with another a-hole with a SAAB!
Anyway, my point is, what does everyone else think? Would you just give up you ID to a complete stranger without a fight? If you look online, the VISA merchant agreement basically states "a merchant may ask for ID but cannot make it a condition of acceptance." In other words, with a signed card, they cannot refuse to accept the card.
Funny thing, the waitress came up to me after the fact and said to me she used to work for a credit card company and knows the rules, and agreed with me but was just doing her job!
posted by 72.84.15...
Posts in this Thread:
- Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, Morgan , Thu, 4 Aug 2011 14:47:13 <-- Viewing This Message
- Reporting violations, OKSaabs, Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:49:38
- You were rude and helped the credit card companies ..., dmz789qqq, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:41:35
- I am just curious, a question for those who say "relax", turbosaab , Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:09:33
- Re: I am just curious, a question for those who say "relax", JimBlake , Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:54:38
- How about putting your photo on the card?, No Snaab, Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:17:08
- Re: I am just curious, a question for those who say "relax", Scott Paterson , Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:29:05
- Tks Morgan...Had my daughter visit this thread..., Joeychess, Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:36:09
- Hate to be devil's advocate..., mikes1929, Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:01:25
- I work in the CC field, this is an interesting read!, Julie, Sun, 7 Aug 2011 08:47:52
- Just drink more decaff with Breakfast., Used to be Chaz, Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:41:15
- Pushing the limits is your right...., Mike Lynch , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:47:00
- Here's your solution..., Craig, Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:16:35
- I always use cash simply for security reasons..., Joeychess, Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:13:30
- Seriously, where does it stop???, Morgan , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 05:42:46
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, Erik919kt, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 21:56:29
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, TML , Thu, 4 Aug 2011 20:55:17
- You eat at McDonalds ?........ugh. n/m, GFW3pedals , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 06:01:22
- Re: You eat at McDonalds ?........ugh. n/m, TML , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:28:37
- Oh, come on..., Justin VanAbrahams , Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:30:08
- ;o) n/m, Noel, Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:43:49
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, Kkelley, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 19:57:19
- What a joke! Hope you didn't leave a tip!, sab, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 18:16:48
- Allow me to explain, Morgan , Thu, 4 Aug 2011 17:35:02
- Have to kinda agree wth others on this., Noel, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:58:18
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, AeroLady, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:10:51
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 4 Aug 2011 14:58:25
- Re: Credit Card - Merchant asking to see ID?, Skip, Thu, 4 Aug 2011 14:52:25
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