Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
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Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#2Be sure not to miss part 2, where the author takes things to the next level...
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#3I have drawing a straight line for all my CC transactions for the past two years and no one has bothered about it.
I think this will automatically phase out automatically with new technologies like RFID...
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#4Anything under $25 no longer requires a signature anyways. I suspect that number will just keep getting larger.
All my credit cards are disabled the instant I take them out of my normal buying pattern, and even RedBox makes me enter my zipcode to rent a $1. movie on the CC, so there are clearly more effective mechanisms to preventing fraud than signature verification.
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#5Signature is only required when a compliance process has begun. So, for example, when you check your transactions and see one that you can't recognize then you call your bank and object that trx. In that moment the bank ask for the physical documents and may check your signature, but it depends on the rules of your card operator (Visa, MasterCard, Amex).
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#6The trouble is that most of these "pranks" boil down to testing the attention of service-level employees of corporations. They don't give a shit, and shouldn't, given the realities of filling as many orders as possible during a shift.
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#7I've often tested the limits of credit card signatures to the point that I now regularly pose as several Disney cartoon characters.
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#8Just the other day I went out and bought gas at a gas station for my friend's bike, with his credit card and his cell phone in my pocket. (He got his licence the next day)
The scanner didn't work so I had to go to the counter, and had to fake a signature. Nobody even batted an eye. It was exhilarating, and unnerving at the same time...
Maybe I should just chalk it up to my mind-busting ability to play it cool?
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#9We're working on fixing this issue. Fortunately, I think our system works better.
Re: Testing the Limits of Credit Card Signatures (Part 1)
#10Most cashiers hand my card back to me with the receipt to sign, and can't verify my signature. But many stores are now switching to using a PIN with chip cards, at least here in Canada. And Europe's had chip cards forever now. In fact, some places there no longer even have machines to read a magnetic stripe.