Pure genius:
cartoonishly NSFW
http://www.drunkrepublic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97%3Awhen-your-credit-card-signature-fun-backfires&catid=34%3Ahumor&Itemid=60
What a dick.
It’s funny, but if he follows through with signing his credit card that way it will eventually come back to bite him (in the balls?).
This is the kind of person that would explode at the inconvenience of having to show his driver’s license before they’d accept his card.
Badun tish
Unoriginal.
http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/
http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit_card/
And these are really old.
How so?
I’m pretty sure those electronic signatures don’t even go to the credit card company at all. As far as I know, they’re just stored with the retailer for later use in the case of fraud investigation or if he tried to dispute a charge.
I know it was weak, but if I didn’t say it someone else would have.
I’ll admit I giggled slightly.
Bingo.
Technically a retailer would be within their right to refuse to accept the credit card if the signature doesn’t match the signature on the person’s valid form of ID, not whether what’s on the card matches. In fact since it appears he was doing this at Wal-Mart, I know for a fact that Wal-Mart requires both ID and credit card inspections when you use a credit card.
Well you couldn’t be farther from the truth, I was there yesterday and used a credit card and didn’t get ID’d, or any time I’ve ever been there.
Yeah, but that’s not much of a problem…chances are he has another card, or can go to another store, or come back later.
Whether people are actually doing it or not is not the same as the actual policy. The store I frequent has some employees who do it all the time and others who don’t ever ask. I have a friend who works there who has told me that is what they are officially supposed to be doing on every CC transaction.
Which is neither here nor there. My point is that he could easily end up in the situation I mentioned. I’m also pretty sure that his CC agreement requires him to provide a legal signature when he signs for items but what the penalties might be are not clear. However, if he ever tried to dispute a charge in a case where he used a “joke” signature, he could be accused of fraud and face some legal repercussions.
Okay, I thought you meant that every walmart always does it. I can understand the difference between policy and practice.
But yeah, he should be careful. I have a friend who signs everything “your mom” because he thinks its funny. I’m awaiting a dispute.
I can’t wait for the day where all credit card purchases made at a store require the usage of your PIN. ( It’s coming )
I draw little smiley faces and stuff on the electronic signature pads from time to time.
Yeah, every retailer I’ve worked at had a policy of checking out licenses before accepting cards. Boy do people biiiiitch when you ask to see it and the license holder isn’t the cardholder and you tell them to get out.
I make 99% of my transactions using a PIN. I have one of these (yeah, I linked to Wikipedia, you can shoot me later).
It’s accepted by practically every store in the country, there’s no fee, it’s very safe to use, and charges directly from my bank account, so unless I’m overdrawn there’s no credit to pay interests on. It’s actually a great asset for the society as a whole.
And the banks hate it, because they don’t get to fuck you in the ass while stealing your money as they can with international credit cards. They don’t even get to sell your bank data to telemarketers (strictly forbidden by law).
Yeah, we’re communists and we love it.
Respectfully
krise madsen