Walmart Checking ID on all Credit Cards

[gregcjackson]

I was in Walmart yesterday buying groceries and the cashier asked for ID from everyone in line who paid credit. When I paid she said " I need to see your ID AND Your Credit Card"- not " I need to see the card to compare signature or anything like that..

 

I just did it and went on my way. 1, I had a lot of groceries that needed to get home to the fridge. 2. I really just didnt feel like making a big deal out of it/give a nice cashier a hard time about somthin she probably has no clue about.

[GEORGE]

I was in Walmart yesterday buying groceries and the cashier asked for ID from everyone in line who paid credit. When I paid she said " I need to see your ID AND Your Credit Card"- not " I need to see the card to compare signature or anything like that..

 

I just did it and went on my way. 1, I had a lot of groceries that needed to get home to the fridge. 2. I really just didnt feel like making a big deal out of it/give a nice cashier a hard time about somthin she probably has no clue about.

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NOT WAL*MART POLICY FOR SIGNED CARDS...

[GEORGE]

I NEVER REFUSE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE IN THE MAKE ME SHOW YOU MY ID ALL THE TIME CLICK!!!

 

...at the same time DON'T MAKE ME SHOW ID ON MY SIGNED CREDIT CARD

Edited October 2, 2005 by GEORGE

[gregcjackson]

Thanks, I figured as such and knew you would have the answer. As I said it was just not worht my time to bother. If it happened in the middle of the night in a dead store and I wasnt in a hurry, I would have said something.

[AlanJ44]

Our Wal-Mart barely checks to see if the customer is breathing, let alone signatures! I'd bet a corpse with a charge card could shop here.

[orangecrush]

In line yesterday at wal-mart, there was a strange situation with checking id's.

 

The cashier asked for id, from a lady a few spots ahead of me in line. The lady refused. The cashier said that she couldn't accept the card. The lady said: "I will report you to visa on Monday." The customer left the store.

 

Next guy in line pays with a credit card and has his id ready. She doesn't ask for it or even look at it. Mmmmmmmm.....

 

Next guy pays with cash.

 

The lady in front of me pulls out her credit card. The cashier doesn't ask for id. The lady says: "I think you are profiling. I'll bet TV 20 would like to hear about this." The cashier gives her a nasty look and says "next".

 

I suspect Walmart is going to catch hell next week.

Edited October 10, 2005 by orangecrush

[Ace_TX]

normally, i wouldn't give it a thought if stores feel the need to ask for id

 

but they need to ask everybody, not just people they feel may be commiting fraud and whatnot

 

when i worked in retail, i only asked for id when the card wasn't signed and/or wouldn't swipe

[GEORGE]

In line yesterday at wal-mart, there was a strange situation with checking id's.

 

The cashier asked for id, from a lady a few spots ahead of me in line. The lady refused. The cashier said that she couldn't accept the card. The lady said: "I will report you to visa on Monday." The customer left the store.

 

Next guy in line pays with a credit card and has his id ready. She doesn't ask for it or even look at it. Mmmmmmmm.....

 

Next guy pays with cash.

 

The lady in front of me pulls out her credit card. The cashier doesn't ask for id. The lady says: "I think you are profiling. I'll bet TV 20 would like to hear about this." The cashier gives her a nasty look and says "next".

 

I suspect Walmart is going to catch hell next week. 

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Sounds like PROFILING to me!!!

 

I WOULD HAVE ASKED THE GUY WITH CASH FOR ID!!!!!!!!!!

Edited October 10, 2005 by GEORGE

[AlanJ44]

I love walmart checkers, anytime I don't want to pay for a real hooker, I just pick up a six pack and pick a half way decent chick for a check out girl and the next thing you know I'm checking her ID if you know what I mean.

[orangecrush]

[GEORGE]

I love walmart checkers, anytime I don't want to pay for a real hooker, I just pick up a six pack and pick a half way decent chick for a check out girl and the next thing you know I'm checking her ID if you know what I mean.

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AND YOU ARE INFERRING?????????

[Uncle Leo]

I love walmart checkers, anytime I don't want to pay for a real hooker, I just pick up a six pack and pick a half way decent chick for a check out girl and the next thing you know I'm checking her ID if you know what I mean.

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Didn't you mean IUD?

[orangecrush]

[hurricanesfans27]

I love walmart checkers, anytime I don't want to pay for a real hooker, I just pick up a six pack and pick a half way decent chick for a check out girl and the next thing you know I'm checking her ID if you know what I mean.

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Didn't you mean IUD?

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[lbjones]

The Walmart near me is the one place that actually does it right. They have card swipers, but the checkers always ask to SEE THE CARD. Not my ID, but the card - so they can compare the signature. I can't count the number of places that I go where I do everything myself on the card reader and nobody asks for a thing.

[hurricanesfans27]

im still laughing over the iud post.

[Amanda]

The people who work at my Wal Mart can't read, so they just see if the letters are the same.

[GEORGE]

The people who work at my Wal Mart can't read, so they just see if the letters are the same.

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YOU CALLING ME ILLITERATE???

[AlanJ44]

The people who work at my Wal Mart can't read, so they just see if the letters are the same.

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YOU CALLING ME ILLITERATE???

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It's a joke GEORGE, relax,

[Amanda]

The people who work at my Wal Mart can't read, so they just see if the letters are the same.

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YOU CALLING ME ILLITERATE???

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Hey, I didn't know that you worked at the West Memphis, AR Wal Mart. We'll have to get together sometime.

[BBQ123]

I can't count the number of places that I go where I do everything myself on the card reader and nobody asks for a thing.

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That's the best and fastest way.

Edited October 15, 2005 by BBQ123

[gregcjackson]

I can't count the number of places that I go where I do everything myself on the card reader and nobody asks for a thing.

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That's the best and fastest way.

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I agree. However, if they have to handle my card at all, as far as I'm concerned they might as well run the card also.

[uuuuut]

I can't count the number of places that I go where I do everything myself on the card reader and nobody asks for a thing.

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That's the best and fastest way.

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I agree. However, if they have to handle my card at all, as far as I'm concerned they might as well run the card also.

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true. I hate when I put the card back in my wallet and then they tell me they need to see it. I think whether or not they handle the card might depend on the amount purchased.

[BBQ123]

They should never need to handle it... swipe, sign* and go is the best.

 

 

* some merchants no longer require signing, so that is good too.

[gerray]

Back in high school I worked for Wal Mart as a cashier, (this was before all the self checkout options) so we had to swipe any credit transaction. I ALWAYS asked for ID anytime a card wasn't signed, or the signatures didn't look the same, or when the back of the card had the "Ask for ID" notation. I know a card "isn't" valid unless signed, and they aren't supposed to write "ask for ID" but the fact is a good percentage of people do. I would say 95% of the time when I asked for ID people either didn't have a problem with it, or they would thank me for taking the time to actually check for ID.

 

Now I know I am probably going to catch hell for the following story on here, but I'm going to share it anyway. Fast forward a few years, and I was the manager of a store in the local mall. We had a problem with a lot of our "charges" being disputed as fraudulent, so with permission from my corporate office I implemented a new CC policy. I required all associates to ID any CC purchase, as well as making an imprint of the card front (only imprinted the name and last 4 of the card). This led to some questions from customers but I never really had a problem with anyone except people that did not have an ID with them. This policy completely eliminated any of our "charge backs" from disputes.

I did get a call from a Visa representative claiming they had a complaint from a user that had the card signed and we still asked for ID, I explained to the Visa representative why we had our policy in place, and told them if they had any problems to contact our corporate office. She said "no thats fine, its understandable, sorry for taking your time".

Was this policy I had implemented "legal" since it did not discriminate and required EVERY CC user to show ID?