EB Games ID'ing???

I wish Gamestop carded more. It might reduce the number of available 12-year-olds to call me a "$$$$$$" on Xbox Live.
 
It does feel a little awkward sometimes when I get carded, but I realize that for the person who asked to see my ID they'd rather risk offending me than losing their job. I've also seen stores that ameliorate this by posting signs that say anyone who looks under 40 will be carded.
 
See its the double standard that annoys me. R rated movies vs M games, yeah completely different policies in most stores.

I just found it funny one time where i didn't get carded for the beer I was buying, but when i said can i get a pack of smokes they wanted to see my ID.
 
Actually in FL you can be prosecuted for selling 'R' rated movies to someone under 17. As to EB, back in the day, they made us post a statement about checking ID's right on the counter. Corporate then laid down the Law! Anyone caught selling M rated games to anyone under 17 was to be terminated. Store managers and Assistant managers were also responsible for making sure employee's were trained and if it could be proved they weren't they were also fired. don't know if it is still that way.
 
There's an EB near me that does this. I find it amusing that I've been carded for buying video games multiple times, but have never gotten carded for buying alcohol.
 
I am an employee of GameStop. We have to card. There is an employee at my store that will ID everyone, gray-haired, tattooed, with multiple kids, absolutely everyone.

Personally, I ID everyone anyone who could by any stretch of the imagination be under 20. That pretty much covers my ass. Also, we ID'd everyone for the Launch of Halo 3, no exceptions. We will also ID everyone on the night of GTA IV, no exceptions. I will ID regulars, just for appearance's sake. They never mind, and if there are customers waiting, it sends the message that they will get carded too.

If we're caught not carding anyone that could potentially be even close to the age of 17 - our manager would reprimand us - if not fire us - on the spot. Enforcing ESRB ratings is something that's even on our "GameStop TV" - the ad-laden TV show that's playing in every GameStop/EB. So don't hate too hard. I would have ID'd you too.
 
I still get ID'd, even though I have mutton chops, a goatee and a moustache.

(I'm a man of excess.)
 
[quote name='evyrew']It's better for them to check everyone. It ensures that employees will bother to check when it is actually needed. It's also a way to prevent credit card fraud, or help remember your name the next time you come in. I say it's a good thing.[/QUOTE]

It's a violation of all credit card merchant agreements to require ID. They are only allowed to check if the signature on the card and the signature on the receipt/touchpad match.

[quote name='davidjinfla']Actually in FL you can be prosecuted for selling 'R' rated movies to someone under 17.[/QUOTE]

Unless it's porno you're up against only your employer, not John Law.
 
[quote name='mitch079']I'm 32 and still get carded - GO ME![/QUOTE]

I hear you, I'm 28 and I still get carded at times, sometimes with the eyebrow. It annoys me all to hell when teenagers card me, but normally it is the baby boomer crowd that cards me. I'm aware that I have a "baby face" and I don't mind being ID'ed at the bar or the liquor store but at the game store/Best Buy to get CoD4 with my wife by my side it annoys the hell out of me.

[quote name='ElwoodCuse']It's a violation of all credit card merchant agreements to require ID. They are only allowed to check if the signature on the card and the signature on the receipt/touchpad match.
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I have never heard that before.... If someone uses a stolen CC at the store the CC company will do a charge back and not pay the store for the goods bought using the stolen CC. Stores check ID when you use a CC to make sure that you aren't stealing from them.
 
[quote name='spoo']I hear you, I'm 28 and I still get carded at times, sometimes with the eyebrow. It annoys me all to hell when teenagers card me, but normally it is the baby boomer crowd that cards me. I'm aware that I have a "baby face" and I don't mind being ID'ed at the bar or the liquor store but at the game store/Best Buy to get CoD4 with my wife by my side it annoys the hell out of me.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='ElwoodCuse']It's a violation of all credit card merchant agreements to require ID. They are only allowed to check if the signature on the card and the signature on the receipt/touchpad match.
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I have never heard that before.... If someone uses a stolen CC at the store the CC company will do a charge back and not pay the store for thee goods bought using the stolen CC. Stores check ID when you use a CC to make sure that you aren't stealing from them.
 
I don't mind getting checked, which is understandable but one time when I was trading-in/buying at Gamestop, I got carded not once, not twice but three friggin times!

One- Verify ID for trade-in
Two- Verify ID for Mature Rating Games
Three- Verify ID for Credit Card

Man, I was really annoyed, but the guy was new and gave him a hard time about it, but it was all laugh and jokes at the end.
 
i worked in a theater and we're supposed to card everyone who looks under 30 so the fact that she carded you didn't mean she thought you were under 18. It just means she didn't think you were say over 35 or what ever their policy is.
 
ive been id'd...
had to wait for my mom to get pack from lowes to get the games too
this was during the B2G1 sale
 
Tuesday is going to be interesting. I'm pretty sure a regional manager will be coming to EB that day, carding 50-year olds or something.
 
[quote name='spoo']

I have never heard that before.... If someone uses a stolen CC at the store the CC company will do a charge back and not pay the store for the goods bought using the stolen CC. Stores check ID when you use a CC to make sure that you aren't stealing from them.[/quote]

It's law to ID when customers are paying with CC.....
 
[quote name='SL4IN']It's law to ID when customers are paying with CC.....[/QUOTE]

Show me this law.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/you...mum-purchase-or-making-you-show-id-333160.php

"Although Visa rules do not preclude merchants from asking for cardholder ID, merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance. Therefore, merchants cannot refuse to complete a transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID. Visa believes merchants should not ask for ID as part of their regular card acceptance procedures."

"A merchant must not refuse to complete a MasterCard card transaction solely because a cardholder who has complied with the conditions for presentment of a card at the POI refuses to provide additional identification information."
 
[quote name='ElwoodCuse']Show me this law.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/you...mum-purchase-or-making-you-show-id-333160.php

"Although Visa rules do not preclude merchants from asking for cardholder ID, merchants cannot make an ID a condition of acceptance. Therefore, merchants cannot refuse to complete a transaction because a cardholder refuses to provide ID. Visa believes merchants should not ask for ID as part of their regular card acceptance procedures."

"A merchant must not refuse to complete a MasterCard card transaction solely because a cardholder who has complied with the conditions for presentment of a card at the POI refuses to provide additional identification information."[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info. No wonder CC companies can't loose money with their outrageous APR, crazy large late fees, charges merchants that accept their cards and if a card gets stolen and purchases were made on the card don't pay the merchant for the purchases from the stolen card. On top of that since they can't "refuse" a CC sale from someone they suspect isn't the card holder for refusing to give an ID.
 
[quote name='SL4IN']There's no law for it, but employers and employees can still be fined for it.[/quote]

True, but only by their own company. The state can't fine you if its not illegal.
 
My 64 year old grandma has actually been carded by GS clerks more than once. IMO that is completely assinine. I have no problem with GS employees checking the ID on people who have a remote chance of being under 17. But seriously, there is absolutely no reason to card a 64 year old woman. BTW she pays with cash so it had nothing to do with credit card verification.

To those who say it is no big deal to flash your ID to a clerk, I want to point out that your drivers license does contain personal info. I actually used to know a guy who worked in a restaurant who used to get a kick out of using info he got from looking at women's drivers licenses to creep them out -- for example he would let them know that he knew their address, height, age etc. People can abuse info found on your driver's license.

I look at it like this- People have a right to keep the personal info on their driver's license private. At the same time, GS has a duty not to sell m-rated games to people under 17. If you look like you are possibly 17, that is a reasonable justification for infringing on your right to privacy. However, if you don't look like there's any chance that your'e 17 then GS loses their justification for needing to infringe on your privacy rights. That's why I think GS's policy, as it is applied, is stupid and without justification = bad customer relations. Which is one (of many) reasons I choose not to shop at GS unless it is a last resort.

Ironically, GS thinks that its policy fosters good customer relations. GS thinks it is showing people that it takes its responsibilities to keep m-rated games out of minors hands seriously. Personally, I don't see how carding elderly gray-haired people is a sign of a responsible company. I also think it is ridiculous to card obviously 30 somethings. But that's just my 2 cents. Being a private retailer, GS will only change its policy if enough of its customer base is irritated by it. Since most of GS's customer base appears to be in their 20s and younger, and that is the age group that it is reasonable to card, I doubt GS will change its policy anytime soon.
 
The only time I get carded is if

a.) A manager is there
b.) I shave. Because with facial hair, I look like a logger, without it, I look like a teenager apparently.
 
[quote name='spoo']On top of that since they can't "refuse" a CC sale from someone they suspect isn't the card holder for refusing to give an ID.[/QUOTE]

It's not that they can't ever refuse a credit card sale, they just can't do it because the person won't show ID.

Try paying for something with an unsigned credit/debit card at the Post Office, you WILL be shut down. In my experience though the Post Office is infinitely more vigilant about comparing signatures (or checking for them at all) than all other merchants combined.
 
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