Dear Linkedin,

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

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> From: "Brett Frankenberger" <rbf+nanog at panix.com>

> But the same reasoning still applies. The card issuers don't want you
> have to show ID, becuase you might decide it's too much trouble, and
> just use some other method to pay.

Except for Amex, who have always *stringently* required this; I've even
seen customer-facing advertising pointing it out.

They have to do something to get merchants to take their card with the
higher discount rate.

Cheers,
-- jra
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