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Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury
I like the idea of writing "Request photo ID" instead of signing the back of a credit card. Wayne
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I have done that on all of my credit cards for the last decade. It makes no difference for Internet purchases (Duh). But only about 10% of the stores check the back side of the card. They never even see or touch my card when I swipe it thru the machine. Therefore, it rules out any protection from most big stores. So while it sounds like a good idea, it is not as good as you would think.
The main credit card I always use, has a $1000 a day limit, so if someone had my number and tried to purchase anything above $1000 on one day, they could not do it.
Some people also get a credit card with a very low limit such as $250 and use that for Internet purchases.