From: Michael Gurski <mgursk1@umbc.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:14:10 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks list <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Legality of requiring credit cards? (fwd)
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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Charles Gimon wrote:

> Equifax does business by tracking reputations, as do all credit
> reporting companies. That's how a free market handles bad checks.

Yes, and if I'd *ever* written a bad check, it would be a different
story.  The weasel there basically said that because I'd made
purchases there in the past few days, they tried to contact my bank on
a Sunday afternoon....  (No, I don't get it either)

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


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