Originally Posted by
gt2982a
I bought two $500 VGC's yesterday with my WF Visa at two different Kroger stores in the Atlanta area. Neither checked my driver's license. Finally, that requirement has been banished :-)
Posting rotten signs like this in January in the Intermountain states got them into some trouble:
I had no problem with their little policy (even if recording the DL Number is actually illegal in a lot of states) until these signs got posted. This type of sign implies that ID should be required for credit card transactions and when people see this sort of thing that is how the practice of requiring ID for credit card use spreads. That practice is not allowed but many people see a sign like this and think oh that's a great idea but why just for gift cards (over $100); why not for all transactions?
Maybe Visa/MasterCard will change the rules soon about not allowing the merchants to require ID. Visa recently eliminated the "card not valid unless signed" rule. We will see.