Originally Posted by
Marathon Man
Now the US Post Office has new rules whereas your card needs to be signed AND you need to show ID. Some people have come in, they say, with fake IDs--you know, to buy stamps and all...
And yet I have heard many tall tale of credit cards being swiped at stores like Target where the picture on the ID or card was that of someone's dog or cat
Sometimes the clerk doesnt look, he just needs to make it appear that he did for the sake of the overhead security camera watching him!
My experience is the same as mahasamatman. I haven't signed a credit
card in over 20 years, and the only place where I haven't been able to
use them is at the Post Office. (Except now they have the automatic
machines at the Post Office where I sometimes use them.) I get asked for
an ID about 30% of the time at other locations. I've never been asked for
an ID over the internet or on the phone. A few times I have been
asked to sign the card by a clerk, and I refuse.
Most, but not all of my cards, say "Not Valid Unless Signed"