> What you didn't see the 60 min episode that showed how easy it was to get
> CC# & the like from other people while standing in line at a ATM? For every
> client that complains about fraudulent purchases I wonder how many don't
> complain & just pay the bill but in the case the fraudulent charges are
> caught it's the merchant the usually winds up holding the bag so to speak &
> that always translates into higher prices for whom? You, me & everyone
> else. ;-) So you see my friend either way we pay for other people's
> carelessness & mistakes.
Not really, the merchants build it into their prices as a cost of
doing business - and the goverment sorta covers most of it in the form
tax deductions. If CC fraund, shoplifitng etc were ended today, you
won't see prices go down.
I would imagine some small fruad charges go through but anything big
gets caught.
Then there was target who would not let my girls use my target card
for less than $10 in personal needs (that something guys don't like to
be seen buying :)) because the card could be stolen. Get real - stolen
cards are used for electronics, cd's and dvd's - not low priced items
from the health and beauty aids department. (They also gave my older
daughter a hard time because she's short and doesn't look her age -
'you aren't old enough to sign a credit card slip', so when they went
back in after they worked out, the younger but taller daughter went to
a clerk she knew from church and had no problems using the card. They
woulda taken their business elsewhere, but i only gave them the target
card because they didn't have cash.)
> One could always not write checks & only use their debit cards to pay bills
> which should limit the chances of things going awry. ;-)
>
That isn't exactly true either... anyone with your account number can
clean it out too.
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