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Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault

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From: Dave Clark
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 00:00
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Andy Quintana <cynical@clark.net> wrote in article
<5upo33$erk@clarknet.clark.net>...
> What they are doing is applying a condition to doing business with them,
> like asking for id.  You certainly don't have to provide the id or the
> print, all you have to do is walk away 

Hmm, curious.  What if, as a condition to doing business, I refused to
accept any checks written from any Crestar account, and made this a public
statement in all my advertising and an openly displayed policy in my place
of business.  How long would it be before Crestar complained and hit me
with cease and desist orders?

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From: "Dave Clark" <Dave_Clark@nospam.dg!.com>
Subject: Re: Crestar Fingerprinting Assault
Date: 1997/09/08
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