Credit record check?

Post by **garyb** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:10 am

once the card is scanned, nothing matters. sign whatever you wish. if it really mattered, they wouldn't allow you to sign without supervision.

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:24 am

A trumpet-player friend of mine has always signed his name (albeit quite floridly) 'Gof*#%Yourself'

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:13 pm

garyb wrote:
once the card is scanned, nothing matters. sign whatever you wish. if it really mattered, they wouldn't allow you to sign without supervision.

Hmmm...must be some legal requirement, I would guess. Everything's switching to "Chip & Pin" now (same in USA?) so I reckon that'll be the next stage of authorisation.

Royston

Post by **garyb** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:38 pm

there are plans to imbed all credit info on the magnetic strip on driver's licenses along with biometric info(national id). from there it's verichip.....

Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:24 pm

Keep the citizens as scared as possible at all timeand never stop creating imaginary enemies.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:12 am

garyb wrote:
there are plans to imbed all credit info on the magnetic strip on driver's licenses along with biometric info(national id). from there it's verichip.....

There's a big political push to instigate [FAMILY FILTER ENGAGED] bloody ID cards with 'Biometric data' in this country

This pisses me so far off that I feel like I'm going down a toilet the size of Niagara falls.

I am not going to have one, period. I don't care what consequences there may be...I'm tolerant of a lot of political insanity, but a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

Royston

Post by **hubird** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:29 am

........... ' Aaaaaahhhhhhh... '

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:03 am

Exactly that!

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:15 am

dont worry soon your credit card details will be imbeeded in an RFID chip in your head. so nobaody can steal your credit card without chopping off your head first.

/me gos and buys stock in acme machette co

Post by **hubird** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:44 am

On 2004-12-22 11:15, Neutron wrote: so nobaody can steal your credit card without chopping off your head first.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:11 am

On 2004-12-22 11:15, Neutron wrote:
/me gos and buys stock in acme machette co

"meeet meeet" ... ups bad timing, roadrunnder runs for roadrunner safety.

Post by **garyb** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:23 pm

On 2004-12-21 12:13, Counterparts wrote:
Hmmm...must be some legal requirement, I would guess.

my bank used to REQUIRE a paper backup(reciept/form) for EVERY transaction. now, the atm sez, "would you like a reciept, today?" or if it is out of paper, "unable to print receipt, continue anyway?".....at least in the usa, when the cards magnetic strip is read, it's as good as done....

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:00 pm

I tried the electronic signing thingy today.. guess what, the tablet gizmo was so inaccurate, un-caliberated, and basically just useless, that I couldn't sign it. Clerk laughed, and I signed on paper. What happened was that the tablet was so sensitive that it kept on writing no matter where I pointed the pen. (like it starts to write before I touch the tablet surface)

So there you have it. There's a good reason why we don't see anyone signing the electronic thing-o-ma-jig.

skwawks · Post by **skwawks** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:31 am

about orwell and big brother watching via a camera on the wall...the funny thing that he didn't forsee was that people would be hot to go out and buy their very own 'webcam' .
trying to hire a car at LA airport with cash and aussie accents in '73 was an interesting experience too ..so was getting lost and ending up in Watts

Basic Pitch · Post by **Basic Pitch** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:06 am

Actually Ken,

One of this LARGEST reasons for so much information needed in florida aside from the normal in the US is that Florida is a very transient state, people come and go at a very rapid rate which causes many companies and as an example appartment complexes to get burned.

To lessen this they now have inplace all these polocies you are experiencing, in the end its for the best, but I can completely see how it makes it difficult for non US resisdents, I would only take a guess and say when these places ask for this information they are expecting the majority of peoople whome apply for cell phones and appartments to be US resisdents.

I am sure im Miami things will not be as bad considering the overwhelming populace of imigrants there coming from places like Haiti and Cuba, I wish I could offer some sort of advice, but hang in their, living in Florida is a dream 99% of the time

Cheers!

Neutron · Post by **Neutron** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:34 pm

On 2004-12-21 05:34, Counterparts wrote:

They have those in Sainsburys "self-service checkouts". I have been really tempted to write "Errol Flynn" or "X" to see what happens...watch this space!

thats in uk right? put "ronald biggs

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