Bought a book today, used my MC for the first time in 4 weeks. Nice lady swiped my card. And to my dismay didn't ask for anything! Asked if I wanted the receipt in the bag? Thought for a microsecond for a smart alect answer cause for a pecosecond couldn't imagine where else it could go. Then realized gals with purses might rather have it there.
So in the last thirty days I have not ever been asked for ID with my only charge/credit card.
My purchases are in compliance with MC/Visa policy.
Just thought I'd share

I DON'T LIKE THE RECEIPT IN THE BAG...IT GOES IN MY SHIRT POCKET...

(that is another place it CAN go)

Would that be inside or behind your pocket protector?

Barnes and Noble near me is very good with policy.

They have no minimum, no fee, and never ask for ID.

See, they have a self-swipe for debit/credit cards. So, the card never leaves my hand. Easy purchases, and its faster too.

I put my receipts in my WALLET.

HAHA

I'M A NERD NOW???

are you a member of lambda lambda lambda? lmao

Why?

CLOSE...

Lambda Alpha Epsilon

Update Update,

Went online to pay for the book I charged over the weekend. Paid the 45 plus added 50 to pay down the balance a little more. This morning I check to see where the credit was and .... a CLI of $200.00. Wow and I am not even half done with the book.
Can't wait to buy the sequel.

Do you get any cash back or rewards with that card?

NO,

with less than 100 a month run through a card, what 22 years later I might have enough pennies to buy a shirt!

I've got bigger fish to fry.

Well you could just stop using cash and go plastic-only.

That's not an option, I'm really liking the quickness and privacy cash affords.

Does it really matter if some fool at Citibank knows you spend $130.31 at Wal-Mart or some guy at Bank of America sees you spent 99 cents on a soda at a convenience store on March 13th, 2005? Big deal...

Heck, they don't really care if they see you spent $29.99 for a subscription to porno and AmEx probably won't mind if your Playboy billed to your card...

The credit card companies don't care what you buy ... as long as the bill is paid on time.

Now... if you';re doing illegal stuff, then there's a record that could be used against you...

It is a big deal, thank you.

Don't need a papertrail proving when and where........

I dont care if the world knows Im into nekked women.

Trust me, it's not the what, it's the where and when that I protect with all my might.

I DON'T CARE IF THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOWS HOW MUCH I SPEND AND WHERE I SPEND IT...

I HAVE NO FEAR

Dude you act like your some kind of fugitive or something. Seriously, why would they even CARE where or when you purchased something?


Oooooh Weee, man my CC companies must LOVE knowing I go to Albertson's, Randall's, HEB, Walgreens, and CVS every Sunday afternoon....Woohee, oh, and they must LOVE knowing that I stop for gas at the station in Three Rivers about 3 hours after filling up in Austin on those trips to my hometown...Or what about that time I bought something in FL at 2 pm? Oh MY GOD!!! They knew I was in FL visiting IL's!! I must KILL them ALL now.

Geeze, you talk like your work (or personal life, I'm not quite sure which) is "shady" or illegit, somehow.

I'm not trying to sound mean, but WHY pray-tell does it really matter where/when you bought something?

And just exactly WHAT are you buying at Walgreens? pray tell?

lol, oh just free baby wash, $3 packs of diapers, tampons, free bodywash/shampoo/conditioner..etc. I use those rebates they give in the EasySaver booklet! lol

What do YOU buy at Walgreens????






Oh wait, should I tell ya about all the sudafed I buy and peddle on the blackmarket? j/k

just trojans and ez gliders lol

I'm with AjanJ's thinking on this. It's not that you have something to hide - it's that the information can be used against you at some point in time. Who could have imagined ten years ago that your Victoria's Secret credit card payment history could be used to determine insurance premiums?

The exact same statistical procedures used to create credit scores can be used with info about where you shop, when you shop, and what you buy for the exact same purpose. Would you want to be turned down for insurance because you seem to spend too much time at Walgreens? Never mind that your wife or girlfriend works there and you grab a Coke everytime you drop her off/pick her up - they think you have some kind of health problem. What to get denied for a credit card because you shop at Albertsons in the wrong neighborhood? Never mind that your a cop and that is where you patrol.

Worse, they could use this data to set homeowners and auto insurance premiums.
And think about what the marketers would do if they could routinely get their hands on this type of information.

This ins't farfetched - the data simply isn't readily available from a single source at this time.

damn then they are going to find out about my space shuttle activities.. and the fact that I jump out of perfectly working airplanes, not to mention that I scuba. and I like to go to Thailand to go wake boarding. So much for my life insurance policy