There's no requirement for ID in person. But is that the same requirement for
online merchants? The rules are different there and I wouldn't make any
assumptions.
On Aug 20, 2012, at 2:24 PM, drich wrote:
> On 2012-08-20 14:07, Steven Kurylo wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:05 PM, lopser <lop...@nedharvey.com> wrote:
>>> This is going way too far. Nobody in their right mind should give any
>>> credit card payment processing center their driver's license, passport,
>>> bank statement, etc. Foolish. Baaah!!! I want to play my stupid video game!
>>> ;-) Too bad...
>> I regularly get asked for additional ID when using my credit card in
>> person. I've seen stores with a blanket policy even. Why should a
>> online retailer be any different? Though I'm not sure why more places
>> don't do the verified by Visa process.
>
> Just be aware that it violates the merchant agreement for a seller to refuse
> your transaction with a Visa or MasterCard because you don't show ID. Of
> course, your card also isn't valid unless you sign it ("See ID" isn't valid
> for that), but stores will still usually accept. This article talks about it
> a bit along with why you *shouldn't* show your ID for credit card
> transactions:
>
>
> http://credit.about.com/b/2011/05/21/no-id-required-for-credit-card-purchases.htm
>
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