[AntiSocial] Re: FLASH: DHS wants info on store refunds?
Keller, Nick
Nick.Keller at savvis.net
Mon Nov 3 11:41:22 PST 2003
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:s.schear at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:54 PM
> To: cypherpunks at lne.com
> Cc: antisocial at mfn.org
> 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
>
>
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