Radoslaw, I disagree. It is not a rule; it is an agreement between the merchant and the card company. The merchants must abide by their contract with VISA or MasterCard, or they should be prepared not to business with the Credit card company, eh?. In this case cannot means exactly that: Can Not.
If they complete the transaction - do business with me - then there is nothing to report. If they will not do business with me because I refuse to give an ID then the onus is on me to report them to VISA or M/C. What is really daft about Fry's in particular is that before I had a California Driver's License they would not accept my Australian Passport or my HK ID card as ID, both of which are much harder to counterfeit than a Californian Driver's license. They would only accept my Victorian Driver's License, which is not meant to be used for ID, has no security features, and can be counterfeited by anyone with a printer and a glue pot. And to top it off they still did not check the signature!!! Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > P S > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Korean bank Moves back to Mainframes (...no, not back) > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Ron Hawkins > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jack, > > > > According to the web site you referenced they can ask for ID, but for VISA > > and MasterCard they cannot refuse to complete the transaction if you do not > > comply. > > > > I'm tempted to test this the next time I'm asked... > > Be prepared not to buy whatever. "Cannot" may mean "per VISA's rules"; > it doesn't mean they have to do business with you, eh? You could > report them to VISA, but... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
