Re: Legality of requiring credit cards?

[Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>]

jonathon wrote:
| On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Steve Schear wrote:
| 
| > If you want hassle-free shopping use legal tender (except for rentals>
| 
| 	Not always true.
| 
| 	Go shopping with a wad of $100.00 bills.   Most stores don't
| 	accept them, regardless of the amount of purchase, without
| 	additional ID.   

	Did they require statist ID?  (Speaking of which, is a state
university student ID considered 'government issued?'  How about a
faculty or staff ID card?)


Adam
"Never had a problem paying with hundreds either.  Maybe its my 'You
will need to get your manager' attitude."

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