I went to the BurMoVeh today. Had to get new tags for a car, a truck, and two trailers. It went smoothly until I went to pay. In order to fight identity theft, I don’t sign my credit cards. I print “Check For Photo ID” on the back. However, it’s BMV policy not to take card without a signature on the back. The cashier handed my card back, refusing. I told her I’d be back. I walked outside and signed the card. When I got back, same clerk, same card. She took it without comment, without batting an eye. She had to know I had just signed it. Security didn’t matter, she just had to follow policy. When I left the office, I checked the receipt. Unlike all the stores in town, they had printed my entire card number on the receipt instead of the last four digits. Now I’ll have to shred it before I throw it away. :smack: :smack: :smack: :rolleyes:
Dealing with the state government always revives my faith in…uh…hey, gotta go. I’ll get back to you on that.
You should have gone to the drivers’ license section, told them you lost your license, and got a new one. Writing “CHECK FOR PHOTO ID” in the signature panel, of course.
Then you could have told anyone that “CHECK FOR PHOTO ID” is your legal signature, and pull out your 2nd license when they questioned that.
(disclaimer: holding two licenses at once may be illegal where you are. therefore i am joking, yes.)
You do realize your credit cards say something like Not valid unless signed on the back, don’t you? There were some other threads about this sort of thing once. Try this one.
I believe that showing ID when offering your credit card and a slip with matching signature is a breach of security. I quote myself, from the linked thread:
The credit card companies designed their system 50+ years ago with the precept that your matching signature is your identification. Those Visa Check Card TV commercials hammering the message Don’t write checks because showing your ID is a hassle - use your Visa Check Card and they won’t ask for ID shows that this philosophy is still in place today.