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> OT Gas pumps, credit cards & Zip Code, who has to enter their zip when paying?
GWN7
post Jul 28 2005, 10:00 PM
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Ran into this in CA in May.....

The gas pump wants you to enter your zip code before accepting your credit card as payment. The only problem is we don't use Zip codes up here and it won't accept our postal codes.

Is this prevelent across the states now?
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post Jul 28 2005, 10:02 PM
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cuts down on credit card fraud...

Person A steals B's credit card... A triues to get gas but doesnt know whwere B lived...

make sense?
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GWN7   OT Gas pumps, credit cards & Zip Code   Jul 28 2005, 10:00 PM
Aaron Cox   cuts down on credit card fraud... Person A steals...   Jul 28 2005, 10:02 PM
GWN7   Yes I can see that, but what I'm wondering is ...   Jul 28 2005, 10:04 PM
bd1308   40241   Jul 28 2005, 10:05 PM
SLITS     Jul 28 2005, 10:07 PM
!   Go in and show "Habib" yer ID, and he authorizes t...   Jul 28 2005, 10:09 PM
bd1308     Jul 28 2005, 10:09 PM
SLITS     Jul 28 2005, 10:12 PM
Lou W     Jul 28 2005, 10:21 PM
GWN7   My bills come up here...we use a alphanumeric comb...   Jul 28 2005, 10:44 PM
Travis Neff   Mostly Chevron stations down here, maybe a couple ...   Jul 28 2005, 10:52 PM
BMartin914   I've only had to do this when using an America...   Jul 28 2005, 11:16 PM
ArtechnikA   i'm beginning to like the cash concept again m...   Jul 29 2005, 04:50 AM
redshift     Jul 29 2005, 09:26 AM
CptTripps   The first time I'd ever seen that was when I w...   Jul 29 2005, 09:34 AM
boxstr   Bruce I will fill the tank before you leave CAMP. ...   Jul 29 2005, 09:42 AM
bondo   I'm pretty sure this only applies to the pay a...   Jul 29 2005, 09:53 AM
mharrison   I had this happen to me on the road with company b...   Jul 29 2005, 11:19 AM
Mike D.   I first saw it at a Mobil station when using a Mob...   Jul 29 2005, 11:27 AM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jul 29 2005, 12:02 PM

 

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