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Re: "Drift net fishing," GAK, FBI, and NSA
On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
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> In list.cypherpunks, [email protected] writes:
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> > [email protected] said
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> [re: my debit card]
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> >> I have one of those, too. A couple of months ago, Thrifty car rental
> >> refused to accept it to rent a car. (the agent was pretty snotty about
> >> it, too) Beginning of a trend?
> >
> > Did he recognize that it wasn't a "real" card himself? I find that many
> > cashiers don't know what it is. If you just say its a Visa (or MC etc.)
> > they'll use it. It works just like a real card when they swipe it.
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> She recognized it, alright. Of course, it says "NORWEST Instant Cash
> and Check" in brilliant yellow letters.
>
> The exchange was like this:
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> Me: offers debit card
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> Her: "That's a check cashing card."
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> Me: "No, it is _not_ a 'check cashing card'."
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> Her: "Well, it's a debit card. We don't accept those."
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> No sign, no warning. If I hadn't been on a tight business schedule, I'd
> have walked out.
Any idea what the basis for refusing "debit" cards is?
I've heard that one concern is that debit cards will often not hold a high
enough balance to be used as a security deposit.
How this applies in terms of rental cars is a bit beyond me.
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