Credit Card Signatures?
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Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">No-One Ever Seems To Check They Match.</div> I stumbled across this and it got me thinking:
"John Hargrove decided to test the viability of those signature bars on his credit cards by signing increasingly zany signatures on his credit slips."
<a href='http://www.thescreamonline.com/cartoons/cartoons3-3/index.html' target='_blank'>http://www.thescreamonline.com/cartoons/ca...s3-3/index.html</a>
The next time I have to sign for something, i'm going to
use the cashiers name in place of mine and see if they
say anything.
"John Hargrove decided to test the viability of those signature bars on his credit cards by signing increasingly zany signatures on his credit slips."
<a href='http://www.thescreamonline.com/cartoons/cartoons3-3/index.html' target='_blank'>http://www.thescreamonline.com/cartoons/ca...s3-3/index.html</a>
The next time I have to sign for something, i'm going to
use the cashiers name in place of mine and see if they
say anything.
Comments
Still great site.
Nine times out of ten they ask for it.
Heh, never seen that-- it's pretty frigging funny . . .
Edit: Damn, all those places he hit are right in my backyard. Viva Boston.
Btw funny link..
Lots of the stuff Zug.com puts out is pretty funny, although a lot of it sucks too. This is one of my favorites.
nobody told us to check signiatures, we don't do id checks on credit cards (the only time we check for ids is when someone gives us a check) and we have been told not to check sigs because it takes too long and "that's the credit card company's buisness"
i really need a new job...
Basically told me to be more careful in future lol but I felt kinda bad cos it probably got the cashier at the shop in trouble <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And I actually have a story in this regard.
Try not signing a name.
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Now for the story:
So I've never used a credit card before, but my dad gave me his to pick up pizza with. I gave them the card, they gave me a reciept... If they had given me a pen or asked for a signature I would have signed, but they just gave it to me, so I took the pizza and walked out the door....
So far we haven't got any calls, and I don't really think that guy cared in the least.
I felt kind of stupid afterwards though once I realized that they wanted me to sign it... Oh well.
1) Most people don't even ****en sign (ther CC that is) anymore. you wana get stolen from? ok by me.
2) The Ask For ID thing works rather well (not %100 b/c you often feel silly asking for ID <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
3) Most people can't write their names.
what does squigil squigil mean?
yah.
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Heh, they probably don't do it by accident though.
Enter customer. I scan the items and total it up and tell him the price. He puts it on credit. I put the eft slip into the machine, it prints on it and spits it out. I give it to him. He signs it, and I ask "Sir, could I please see your card please?"
"Well, OK", he replies, and hands over his credit card. I turn it over, and it's not signed. Rules are, if it's not signed, we're not allowed to let them use it (it's an agreement/condition the bank has with the store). I inform him. His response?
Him: Oh, I never sign credit cards
Me: Well I'm sorry, sir, but you have to sign it if you want to use it here.
Him: No, but you don't understand. If I sign my card, then if someone steals it, they know how to sign my name.
Me: <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> If you don't sign your name at all, can't they just sign their own, and don't need yours?
Him: Ah, true, but it means they can't steal my identity and sign cheques in my name. Believe me, I work in <i>Banking</i>.
Me: Sir, I just can't let you. Would you like to speak to my manager? She's right here
Him: OK
I explain to the manager, who was a few feet away, and she says to him "Sir, you can't pay with a credit card that isn't signed. We're not allowed."
Here is where the magic begins.
His response: "But in america, you don't have to sign your credit card, and <i>I</i> am an <i>American Citizen</i>".
Manager: Sir, that may well be true, but unfortunately, you're not in America.
In the end, he refused to sign his card, and decided that instead, he'd like to pay with a regular ATM card ...which was signed, and under the same name...
I swear, the way he said "American Citizen", I was wondering if a band was going to pop up and start playing Star-Spangled Banner.
The police ringing you at work every other day != fun.
Ignorant people like that annoy the crap out of me.
Everyone got a kick out of it at work <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->