Thst is BS - I just received cash back from my Grocery Store (Giant) - No ID asked...
What was the amount? -Nicolas > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Schear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AntiSocial] Re: FLASH: DHS wants info on store refunds? > > > At 06:11 PM 11/1/2003 -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote: > >Well, when I brought back the returns, they wanted a drivers > license. > >Odd, considering it was a cash sale and I was holding the receipt. > > > >"It's required by the Homeland Security Department" says the > kid behind > >the register. Sorry. I need ID, and I have to enter it into the > >computer and forward it to the Homeland Security Office. The > >Terrorists are using this kind of thing to wash money." > > > >I must have looked pretty stupid with my jaw hanging down like that. > > > >I made a scene of course. A *big* scene. Lots of loud argument, > >pointing out all the obvious things: as a cash sale, the > money did not > >need "washing". Cash sales are inherently ID agnostic. Etc., etc., > >etc. > > > >No dice. > > > >They want ID, and they are not going to budge. > > Was this information prominently displayed either behind the > register or on > the sales receipt prior to purchase? Most state laws require this. > > steve > > > --------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe antisocial" as the entire message.