-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Mike Gurski asks:

But that still doesn't answer whether or not a credit card can be requested when paying by check.

I believe it can be. Until a few years ago, it was common to request a credit card AND TO RECORD THE NUMBER ON THE CHECK. Legislation was enacted (this might have been just in California, I'm not sure) to prevent them from recording the number, but I believe it specifically allowed them to continue to ask to see that you have a card (they shouldn't need to see the number, so I believe you are within your rights to, say, obscure it with your thumb). Of course, they are (and should not be) under any obligation to accept your check in the first place, so I would think the ID they request would be up to them. Tunny ====================================================================== James A. Tunnicliffe | WWWeb: http://www.inference.com/~tunny Inference Corporation | PGP Fingerprint: CA 23 E2 F3 AC 2D 0C 77 tunny@Inference.com | 36 07 D9 33 3D 32 53 9C ====================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 4.0 Business Edition Comment: which I won in the PGP raffle at Cypherpunks 12/96... iQEVAgUBMr7n+/AmQsmyRPddAQFFGAf9EHlEKf4k3wuGfIQKV7ZKxHtgMwZi3MWf yzADHsHlLDo7c3fN4qPoMMsXh0odO5JDGjXKg+zJ+LhcuKaPjfe4mzHwYOxDD8fJ JxG6Gex1l9iNSOfqDIgrk+29DR5noMnpdBUwTkznBlm35y32ucxC1Spc/G8zqwdJ cyl/6oCuGAY+xvgHi30dnNHX1b+KcqihESm6huSQJkDMVb1ctp84aEzP894iHrnl aq4Kt8H174lj4ke0fwEaPT2SmGpnXLn+I9xw4sYlhCzMfMz3VEMIZCfmVDWI5OgM R1ktJJs9KM5jXSBA/fSZoRdD9FogwNSiaMEkQ1IRYA4EAQqJd8hOpw== =9xWW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----