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What's the purpose of a signature even? The retailer is not allowed to (by terms of service) ask you for any ID to compare it against. This is just trappings
by supernova87a 6y ago
What's the purpose of a signature even? The retailer is not allowed to (by terms of service) ask you for any ID to compare it against. This is just trappings for show.
- reverend_gonzo 6y agoThe purpose of the signature is that you sign it when you get the card, then if it gets stolen, they check that signature with the signature of the person signing it. Of course, no one checks these days.
- NoSorryCannot 6y agoNo one was ever checking. It would have been pointless to try.
- Nzen 6y agoI picked up my grandmother's medicine from a costco pharmacy for a while. One time, there was some question of whether she had picked up her medicine or a charge or something. To resolve this, the pharmacist printed a sheet of the latest signatures associated with her account. All were indeed mine.
- Spooky23 6y agoNo, it signifies your acceptance of the card terms. Nobody is qualified to make an accurate comparison.
- AnssiH 6y agoInterestingly, here in Finland retailers are required by their terms to check your ID for magstripe purchases over 50 EUR. This policy predates chip cards, i.e. not a new thing. So there is some regional variation in practices.
- manuelmagic 6y agoSame in Italy, with old swipe cards you have to show an ID; some merchandiser don't ask but they should. Anyway, this mostly faded away since most of new cards are chip&pin and, more importantly, in Italy most of the people use debit cards (Bancomat is the common debit circuit here) or... cash :-\
- innocenat 6y agoAren't there suppose to sign the back of your card in the provided space? Or is it different by country?