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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:11 PM Original message |
Calif. court: Merchants can't ask patrons for ZIPs |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sued them? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Know your rights. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. This can be part of fraud prevention. Also, it would help them target ad flyers. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sued? Couldn't she have just refused? |
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Billy Belknap (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Always better to sue. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. + |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Yeah . . . if she wanted to be rude. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Snarf... Oh, yes... not rude to sue at all... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I was being snarky |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Oh... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. I prefer disinformation. My zip is 90210, baby! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I refuse all the time -- didn't change a thing! |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lie |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Here are some creative lies to tell |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I use 90210, when I live in a 152 zip |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Yep. Pick something like 90263 (Malibu). nt |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. I use 17927, Centralia, Pennsylvania. To a multi-decade coal fire, it is no more |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Tire fires and feedlots could be good too ... |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. I always just tell then the zip |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Be careful; |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. They used that method at a Speedway a while ago. But then stopped. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. But what's so terrible about that? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. It's the responsiblity of your card issuer to provide that verification, not you. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. why on earth defend a corporation that's violating the law? |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. because ... |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. so YOU might not sue, but why object to someone else suing to stop illegal corporate behavior? |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. personally |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. Credit card issuers used to REQUIRE merchants to accept cards without asking for ID. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. i've been a victim of id theft also. but there are other ways to provide id. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Excellent! I agree |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Because we have a finite number of courts |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. no, it's the corporate "let's ignore the law" mentality that's not a good thing for this country |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Do you seriously view |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. lawsuits are invariably preceded by angry letters, just because the article didn't mention one |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And what freedoms are the customers losing |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. anyone from the wrong side of the tracks |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Is there any evidence of that happening ever? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. here's one link for starters |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Major FAIL |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. well, even in the case in question, the william-sonoma figured out the cardholder's address |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. So there are no examples |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doesn't say she asked for monetery damages. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. I always assumed it was so they'd know if people lived in that 'hood or not |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I thought that the store asking for your Zip Code info was done in the |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. No they don't have the right to ask for ID. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Hmmm... I had no idea |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. As long as the owner of the card follows the rules. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. My friend has 'check ID' |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. The merchant is supposed to refuse an unsigned card. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Refuse an unsigned card? LOL! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 03:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Nevertheless, it is in the merchant agreements. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. What heppens then is if there is a problem with a card because they |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would want to see the specifics of the case............ |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Here you go |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Online transactions that don't check your zip get charged extra by the CC companies |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some places want it for cash purchases. |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I'm with Fuddnik...... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
70. this same shit has happened to me with cash purchases |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. our gas station asks when I put the ccard |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. See post #16 |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Right. That's why they punch that information straight into the computer. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. Verification and research are two different things |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. . |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. Gee, Then How Do We Know .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
54. Good news -- I always say, "You don't need my zip" -- and clerks are performing surveys ... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. The downside. Many gas pumps will soon stop accepting credit cards |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
63. good. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. This will be especially traumatic for Radio Shack |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. They never know what to make of my response. |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. Needs to go to federal court - becoming a merchant doesn't strip |
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So Ill (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
72. Hmm |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
73. how about in cases where they ask everyone ? Trader Joe's sometimes asks people |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
74. When they first started doing this I used to make up a zip code. |
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