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There's an app that has you take a photo of the front and back of the check, and they accept that for deposit.


I'd like to see a list of accepting/rejecting retailers, because this seems quite strange to me. A lot of companies use anti-fraud paper and secure inks to reduce alteration of receipts. I would expect that loss prevention groups would be less than thrilled with this app.


Really? I assumed large retailers are pulling up an internal record of the original purchase when you make a return.


Many retailers still sync up daily via batch processes creating a race condition where copies of a real receipt could be used at multiple locations on the same day.

There are also issues with exception handling processes that dictate what clerks are to do if there's a problem with a receipt that are likely exploitable if photo receipts are accepted.

As it stands these holes exist but the harm is reduced by the fact that if you want a fake receipt, you need the right receipt paper and printing equipment which basically means that only professional criminals have a shot at exploiting the problem.


He is using his name to get signups to the general national marrow donor program registry. It is possible to get tested just for Amit, but the default is that you get tested for a match to anybody who needs it.


If I see somebody who graduated summa from a decent school, I instantly know at least one thing about them: they're good at identify what the customer wants, and delivering it. You simply can't graduate top of your class unless you find a way to give dozens of (sometimes unreasonable, often unclear) people what they wanted, when they wanted it.


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