Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
Re: clerks asking for zip code on cash at stores - blame their employers, not the clerk. They're just doing it for marketing purposes/where customers are coming from. I normally say 00000. Clerks look startled, but then shrug & plug it in.
Cheers.
That is what I always thought and I'd tell them that they didn't need it or gave them a made up one. Then one day my AmEx was rejected - they at least were using for it a security check. And I believe that the gas stations (at least some of them) are also using as security check. If it is a stolen card, I guess you are less likely to know the home zip.