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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
Mrs Fox and I just spent fifteen minutes in line at BJ's Customer Service desk (one server; four waiting in line) to join the club using their latest mailed offer.
A bit of a shock when the server told us we needed a driver's license or passport and, no, the copy on our phone was not sufficient; it had to be the original.
Got home and tried joining on-line - no problem; no ID needed; took less than five minutes in total.
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The reason no id needed: when you try to do stuff online using your own devices, they already KNOW who you are. They have your IP address, they have installed cookies into your device.
Showing a photograph of your drivers license is useless, meaningless, and possibly damaging to YOU. You should probably delete that license from your phone, if you value your security.
By the way - a cop pulling you over for a traffic violation doesn't care how many photographs of identifications you have loaded on your phone. They want your actual license, and the registration in your glove compartment.