California is notorious for ID checks

[Uncle Leo]

Common here in IA for electronics chains and department stores.

Having said that, some of the reasons I see for opposing ID checking are specious, at best. For example... "It takes too much time.". That gets a big from me.

That actually is an issue if you have long lines and they check IDs on everyone. The several dozen seconds (or up to a few minutes if something goes wrong) add up and will result in longer lines. Eventually the merchant may have to add an extra cashier, which will cost the merchant money. If the merchant doesn't add cashiers, the customers still lose time waiting in line, and time is valuable. There was a cost-benefit analysis that concluded that ID checks are not worth it because the value of the time lost exceeds the reduction in the value of credit card fraud.

No offense, but I'm not convinced. Do you have a source for that cost-benefit analysis?

[Castleton]

I would suggest starting with places you visit often. If you go there once a week or more, work on those places first. Then you can work on the places you visit with less frequency. I've reported so many places in my area over the past year or so that now hardly any places I do business with are asking for ID anymore. And on the rare occasion I visit one, I now easily report them.