Anyone else encounter this?

NO...but it is still a VIOLATION of credit card policy

CREDIT CARD POLICY OVER-RULES STORE/CORPORATE POLICY

Don't have one here that I know of.........

how the heck can you spend >$25 at INO?

No, that's not me.

In n Out takes credit cards now? Sweeet. I stopped going there because I was too lazy to get cash all the time.

They do sell some logoed product in addition to the burgers (shirts, etc.).

So some of us pay money to walk around advertising INO. And get told we need to show ID to use a credit card to pay for the advertising materials.

$25+

FAMILY OF 5 or 6???

BIRTHDAY PARTY???

REAL HUNGRY???

The odd thing is that no resturant with table service (like you get seated, order, and food is brought out to you... ie... an Olive Garden) ever asks for ID.

I guess once you ate the meal and drank the beverages, they want to get paid... and refusing a credit card means they don't get paid.

I was asked a couple years ago at a Red Robin in Yuba City, CA. I observed the server ask for ID with the next table over for payment. She did the same thing at my table. Came to pick up the card, interrupted the conversation, asked who's card it was, and asked for ID.

I said the same thing.

I SURE HOPE NO ID WAS PROVIDED..................

Any fast food place asking for ID should be closed down instantly.

CREDIT CARD SIGNATURE IS ALL THE ID NEEDED

When you pay for merchandise with a Visa card, MasterCard, or American Express any store that accepts these cards should accept yours too, no questions asked. It's part of the deal that merchants agree to when they become participating members.

They must check your signature and the card - electronically or by telephone - to be sure it's valid. Once the answer comes up yes, they can go ahead and charge. They can't ask you for any further identification - not a license plate number, Social Security number, proof of address, phone number or picture ID.

Your personal ID isn't needed because Visa, MasterCard, and American Express all guarantee payment on cards that have been properly checked. If the issuer mistakenly authorizes a sale on a bad card, it should make good. MasterCard says that merchants receive instant settlement.

Unfortunately, not all merchants play by the rules. Some, apparently, haven't read them.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

MasterCard wants to hear about merchants who break their rules. Send the name and address and an account of what happened to MasterCard International, c/o Radio City Station, P. O. Box 1288, New York, NY 10101. The merchant's bank will get a stiff letter, ordering it to investigate and bring the offending store into line - or pay a $2,000 fine.

Visa enforces the same rules as MasterCard. "When we hear about a violation, we ask the bank that signed the merchant to get together with the merchant and see that the practice is stopped," Visa representative states. To report a merchant, send a letter to the bank that issued your Visa card.

American Express also prohibits merchants from asking for IDs. "All a merchant is supposed to do is take an imprint, make sure the signature matches and swipe the card through the terminal, to get authorization."