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The way I've heard it, your signature on the card is actually your acceptance of the contract with the issuing bank, so they are Not Okay with "check id" there
by prodigal_erik 16y ago
The way I've heard it, your signature on the card is actually your acceptance of the contract with the issuing bank, so they are Not Okay with "check id" there instead. The merchant is just expected to verify that the card has been signed, not try to match signatures (doing that correctly requires very rare expertise).
- matwood 16y agoObviously I don't expect them to do a point by point comparison of the signature, but they are supposed to at least make sure it's there. Writing 'Check ID' should get them to check my ID every time, but so few even look at the card. This is a funny prank where a guy went out trying to get people to actually look at the back of the card :) http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit_card/index2.html http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit_card/index2.html