The signature on the card is required by the VISA / MasterCard rules and the merchant is required to verify that the name signed on the card is the same one that is signed on the receipt. Note I said "name"- as the merchant/clerk is not required to verify that the signature is/looks the same-only that the name is the same; and the merchant is also forbidden to ask for ID. This is according to the agreement that the merchant signs when he/she agrees to accept the MasterCard/VISA in their business. Writing "see ID" on your card does not change the merchant's responsibility at all.
(fyi, I am a former Sr Training Manager for 15 years with a well known VISA/MasterCard company)
__________________
GA to OH to NY to VA, and finally out of the snow once again: 18+ years in THE VILLAGES, FL 
|