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What's the smallest zip in the US?
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Does swearing make you feel more grown up?
Wait, I thought colorful language was how humans displayed sexual maturity? Much the same way that a peacock displays its colorful plumage to advertise its quality as a mate?
If you ever need to return something they are entitled to your ID which has your entire address anyway. If they ever swipe your license on their mag scanner, it contains everything about you. Your state DMV sells your info to corporations for pennies, in fact sometimes under law it's required to.
When I worked in retail we asked everyone for their Zip code regardless of their payment method. We were told that it was so that the store could determine where their customers were coming from. Half the time we would just type in the store's Zip Code so that we didn't have to bother the customer. Gas stations on the other hand use Zip Codes as a way to prevent fraud. I've had my card rejected before by typing in th…
> Gas stations on the other hand use Zip Codes as a way to prevent fraud. This also locks out customers with a non-US address (e.g. tourists) which often don't even have a 5-digit zip code or store it differently so that the check will fail, arguably defeating the entire point of owning a credit card.
ZipCar (a short term rental car company) provides a credit card that can be used to pay for gas. When you insert the card at the pump, the machine only asks for your ZipCar membership number.
This leads me to believe that perhaps a card that was issued in a foreign country might prompt the user to enter something other than a Zip Code.
Giving out your zip shouldn't be that big of a deal, the reason it is is because your name and address is listed on whitepages ;)
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> Gas stations on the other hand use Zip Codes as a way to prevent fraud. This also locks out customers with a non-US address (e.g. tourists) which often don't even have a 5-digit zip code or store it differently so that the check will fail, arguably defeating the entire point of owning a credit card.
I'm not sure if this is always the case. ZipCar (a short term rental car company) provides a credit card that can be used to pay for gas. When you insert the card at the pump, the machine only asks for your ZipCar membership number. This leads me to believe that perhaps a card that was issued in a foreign country might prompt the user to enter something other than a Zip Code.
I'm located in Germany and when asked I (and others I know) always say 25869. That's Germany's smallest zip code, a remote island with only 5 people living there. Stats should look funny for that zip :) What's the smallest zip in the US?
I'm located in Germany and when asked I (and others I know) always say 25869. That's Germany's smallest zip code, a remote island with only 5 people living there. Stats should look funny for that zip :) What's the smallest zip in the US?
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Doesn't this article completely miss the actual glaring privacy issue that there is a database of name-address-phones out there that is complete enough to only have a few duplicates that a simple zip takes care of? Giving out your zip shouldn't be that big of a deal, the reason it is is because your name and address is listed on whitepages ;)