For some reason I have seen many people signing with "Jack Bauer" at work lately.
This might not apply in the us:
Signatures isn't really a problem because the handwriting is just as important as what the signature actually says. But what is more important is that, unless the purchase made does not match a spending pattern, the credit card company never see the receipt. All purchases are sent by a single end-of-day print out (containing all the credit card information from that day) and by wire. The signature on the receipt only needs to be valid if the customer later complains/doesn't remember the transaction.
In the last year and a half I have had one customer complaining. I had to send a validated copy of the receipt to the cc company and 2 days later they validated the signature and completed the transaction.
Also, over here almost all visa cards have picture id on the back of the card, which makes it really easy to validate if the cards user is the cards owner.
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For some reason I have seen many people signing with "Jack Bauer" at work lately.
This might not apply in the us:
Signatures isn't really a problem because the handwriting is just as important as what the signature actually says. But what is more important is that, unless the purchase made does not match a spending pattern, the credit card company never see the receipt. All purchases are sent by a single end-of-day print out (containing all the credit card information from that day) and by wire. The signature on the receipt only needs to be valid if the customer later complains/doesn't remember the transaction. In the last year and a half I have had one customer complaining. I had to send a validated copy of the receipt to the cc company and 2 days later they validated the signature and completed the transaction.
Also, over here almost all visa cards have picture id on the back of the card, which makes it really easy to validate if the cards user is the cards owner.