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I hear ya on that. You can't use a ballpoint pen on any Blue cards. I've had Blue Sky Preferred and I now have Blue Cash Everyday and I had to use a permanent marker. It's the only card of theirs I can't use a pen on. Strange!
Plus the blue hologram is peeling and I've only had it for a couple of months from a PC.
The Blue I got in '08 has a signable strip on the back.
The card number is printed across the top part of it, so the signing area's rather narrow top-to-bottom, but I signed mine in ballpoint pen on the back - no problem.
ETA: On mine, the signature area is translucent and therefore tough to see, but it IS there.
Per AmEx's agreement with merchants, they don't need to see a signature. Real world, try convincing the kid at the register of this.
Try a fine-point Sharpie.
+1 - Hauling. That little pen will work very well. That is what my Wife uses on her BC.
Ray
Real world in California (at least, from my experiences in SoCal) and in Las Vegas ... no ID to go with the card, no sale.
The first couple of times I was asked to show ID with my card (signed), I made the guy behind the counter show me his ID, first.
as annoying or inconvient as that is, it is nice to know a thief will be prevented from causing you any larger inconvience. However, it can be kind of unnerving, because there could be a customer or cashier that has a camera phone or a photographic memory and good vision (highly unlikely however) and memorize your address, name, and all of info on your credit card and DL. if it wasn't for that, i would prefer this to happen every time i went to swipe. after all the server doesn't ask for your id, why should a cashier? and i am sure u borrow is being fescious.
i occasionally cashier, and whenever i have to look at a DL, I will try to conseal it with my hands if i feel there is someone in line that wants to get a hot look at it.
Actually, scottwagnon, I'm not being facetious at all.
I almost threw the first guy through his own front window, because I thought he was being a wise a**. He wasn't. And I got his ID, first.
The fraud out in SoCal is astounding, and regardless of CCC rules, merchants want ID with CC purchases out there. Also in Vegas.
In CT, where I live, the "window option" is still available!
When I was at Burberry this past weekend they wouldn't take my Zync due to it not being I signed. I said per AMEX's agreement it doesn't have to be signed, but with Burberry's policy they do not take credit cards without signatures. What's funny is that I signed it and she didn't even ask to see my ID.
I should return it so she loses the commission and re-buy it with another agent for giving me such attitude... But I won't...because everyone needs money.
Edit: Formatted for ease of reading.
While we're at it, I'd like them to fix the black paint on the numbers and letters on the front of my gold card-- it rubs off within a few weeks.