On the info page on my passport, there is a barcode.
On top of the barcode, there is XXX12345 (3 letters and 5 numbers, this is not the information on my own)
My DL has a barcode, too, and so does NEXUS.

why would you alternate between your ID and your passport?

If anything, that would create MORE suspicion...

went to a different CVS today, bought 2k worth of beans, manager stated "so, you know, this ID thing is new. It isn't a CVS policy, we are just following the law. You'll be able to buy more of them tomorrow at 2 pm"

I didn't want to press the issue .. but I really am curious as to what law he was referring to.

no .. not ID thieves, but drug dealers.

One CVS that refuses to restock denied me a sale with the little beans they had left. Manager stated it was because of money laundering issues and that they had to call the PD on someone for some reason.

I really think it is to curb money laundering from drugs. Could be wrong, same reason why they now require a hard pull to open a checking account since the Patriot Act

Has anyone called CVS to ask why they are scanning the ID and not just verifying it manually?

This is just not true
 

I work at CVS. This is not policy. Policy and law dictate scanning of driver's license or some other form of government ID only for controlled medications (C2-C5). There is no rule or requirement to scan ID when scanning a bean into the POS register. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT.

Ask them to show you the requirement that prompts them to scan the ID, take a picture of it, and post it here and I'll check it out with higher ups.

It has happened in 4 separate stores in the past 2 days. All of them didnt check the ID before. They didnt check it, they now SCAN it.

Every time i have ever asked a cvs employee about gc policy i get huge stressy attitude and its hardly worth the confrontational escalation that is created

I'm dying to hear the outcome from this.. ^

First of all, Susan Brown is pretty cute, in a Mary Ellen Walton kind of way. I mean this as a compliment--like many, I used to have a crush on her when I grew up watching the show in the mid 1970s. :D

But I have to ask--if these are real IDs scanned in here, is it smart to have pasted them into this forum? I mean, I might have grayed out certain details like numbers and even some of the barcode... kinda too late now but well, you know.

Secondly, I happen to have one of those ID passport cards. It works for travel to CAN and MEX. I have it in my wallet and I have used it as an ID for things on occasion too since it is in my wallet next to everything else, and well, I have brought it out instead of my license now and then just cuz.

I was in one CVS recently where they just glanced at it and sold me the $1k VR or GCs I was buying. No issues. That store just needed to see ID because that is what they are trained to also ask for so I just bring ID out with my CC without even saying anything. But then in another CVS the clerk kept trying to scan its smaller looking barcode and the clerk was getting nowhere fast. So I said, "Oh hey let me give you my DL" and that worked. I then joked to her... "Gee it's a good thing I can drive a car or else I wouldn't be able to use a gift card!" She chuckled and I was on my merry way.

EDIT*** There have been occasions - at stores like Walmart or even CVS where I have run into over zealous managers/clerks, etc and I have felt the need to bring out all things... passport (card) DL and even my SS card. Yes, I have been asked for it on at least two occasions and so now if I go to that Walmart I actually bring the tattered old card with me! I have not been asked in a long time but if you come out with everything, they kinda have to step back and believe you. There are those kinds of people though, and sadly, they walk among us.

Went to my usual cvs runs yesterday...I mentioned the rumored change in daily limits for gift card purchases...attendant said we didn't get any info about it ....supervisor who was nearby said let me check ....came back with 2 page memo confirming the $5k daily limit but will require ID scan allegedly to prevent multiple locations purchases ....the new policy starts 8/9 according to her ....

For me this is good news since it will eliminate the multiple runs and wasting gas and time (providing they keep that limit)...on the other hand storing info and tracking who does what is troubling...

so I guess we will find out in time, but this may mean you could buy say $1k in 5 stores still... or 2, then 3.. etc... but this is $5k per day per person. AND I would imagine it is a combination of GCs so if you got say $3k VR and then went to another CVS and got $2k in GC then you are done for that day.

what worries me is that over time they see you have bought say $60k of these things and then they may begin to feel the need to report your activity to some govt entity or something. Not that we have anything to hide here nor are we doing anything wrong, but still, why have the headaches and have people assuming things about us beyond just the desire to get miles spinning our own credit. Worse yet, imagine if the reports get back to the CC companies who now begin to somehow curb what people can buy and why. Already Amex can see exactly what you buy and if they decide to look into it you get FRd or worse, and some report that some CCs even SAY "no cash equivalents" in their TCs when it comes to earning points. Oh I know I am thinking ahead of myself here but well, yeah.

Anyway, it's a good thing this new CVS rule is not like one place I have seen where the rule is as follows:

$1k per store... not per person! that means if I walk in and buy $1k this morning, NO ONE ELSE can buy anything til the next day! Yup, it exists! It's real a wait of 4 hrs but who is going to do that?

OC
 

Two dl swipes in OC last three days.

If that's really you...call me. We can get together and talk about miles and see where it leads.

In play already in CA Bay Area. And works across local stores. I bought $3k in 1 store and $1k in another and the next day went to a 3rd store and wanted to buy $2k and the teller wasn't sure of the new rules but was happy to run it as 2 transactions (she knows me well by now!). 1st $1k went through, 2nd halted at the 1st card with an error receipt stating:

"Daily limit of $5,000 reached. You may continue purchasing prepaid cards/phones tomorrow".

The timer seems to be on a rolling basis as although this was the next day it was within 24hrs of the last purchase the day before.

Does anyone have the Cashier type in your last 4 digit of your credit card? Today I bought one VR and she forgot to ask to see my credit card for the 4 digits so I reminded her.