I've had to deal with similar things before. I don't think a lot of people realize that a company is held responsible in some cases if a stolen card was used, and the person involved wasn't even I.D'd. Where I live, it is required to I.D anyone if their signature is overly incorrect, or there is non on the card in the first place.

I live in Henderson right out side of Las Vegas:3

You do know that most credit card companies prohibit asking for ID if the card is signed, right? Your company is changing policies soon. Either to fall inline with the merchant agreement your company signed, or quit taking cards with those clauses. It's only a matter of time until someone reports you to the credit card company.

She should be irritated; that's a ridiculous policy.

That's not true at all #97.

To 97, cashiers are required to ID with any credit card. It's to protect customers from identity theft and to protect companies from legal battles due to employees not checking to see if the person using the card is in fact the person the card belongs to. The company I work for has a strict policy regarding ID's and credit cards. The OP handled this exactly as he should've. Please go be dumb somewhere else.

To 102, let's see if you think it's a ridiculous policy when someone steals your credit card and uses it because someone didn't check for an ID. Your comment was extremely stupid. We check to protect customers.

So it's worth it to expose yourself to identity theft? If someone gets the card, they get the card and can only make in-person transactions which are pretty easy to get caught with all the cameras these days. If you show your id, they get all kinds of personal info which they can make anonymous purchases with online.

That is not even close to what they meant. They meant that it's worth having to show their ID if it means that, in the case that the card was stolen, the thief wouldn't be able to use it because they won't have an ID that proves they're the owner.

I know what they meant, but showing your ID around could give an identity thief the information they need to make purchases with your card. As I said, if they have your card, all they have is your card and have to use it in-person which is far easier to get caught at; just one fraudulent purchase and they'll pull the cameras and nail the perp. If they have the information on your ID, they can make tons of online purchases from any public wifi. I'd rather trust my financial security to the trained professionals at the credit card company, than to the part-time cashier at the checkout.

You don't need an id to purchase online, just the credit card

Just so you know, very rarely do companies prosecute small fraud cases. Card got stolen, charged 10k, had them on camera and everything. Nothing happened, company said wasn't worth the cost to do it.

Actually it's not a valid way to prove anything other then you know how to use a computer or smartphone. If i have a valid email address I can set up a Facebook account calling myself the Queen of England. Does it mean I am? Nope.

That's not innovative. It's moronic. You can be anyone you want on the internet. Clearly you don't know the real definition of innovative.

No, having a Facebook account doesn't make her stupid. Trying to use it as a legal form of identification makes it stupid. Anyone can steal a profile pic and fake a name on Facebook.