Field Podcasting

[rbcp]

Why not try replacing the http://www.phonelosers.org/tv/sodacup/ with some other object, like a shopping bag, or something else interesting.

How about a baby carrier with a real-looking baby in it?

[PHISH-PHREAK]

So you're going to be one of the many who recreate Jackass stunts?

[amazing_ned]

How about a baby card with a real baby in it?

[MattGSX]

That's just over the line, dude. I like it.

I think the obscure payment one would go over pretty well. I tried convincing a sub place around here to accept a check I wrote on a banana, but they wouldn't take it. I mean, it had all my info written on it, but apparently they wanted a bank printed check. Fuckers.

[Tachyon]

When you pay with a check at a store, do they take any verifiable information from you or could I just print off some bogus checks, stick them in a book, and buy things with imaginary (well, slightly more so than normal) money?

[rbcp]

When you pay with a check at a store, do they take any verifiable information from you or could I just print off some bogus checks, stick them in a book, and buy things with imaginary (well, slightly more so than normal) money?

Yes, the account number is run through a machine and it verifies that the account is good.  But if you had someone's real account number that had money in it, it might work.  But you'd need a fake ID with that person's name on it.  Office supply stores sell books of blank check paper where you just print your info onto it.

[gangals]

When a store runs your check through their register, it only checks to see if you had any previous bad checks and not if you have a balance large enough to justify the check.

[Tachyon]

When you pay with a check at a store, do they take any verifiable information from you or could I just print off some bogus checks, stick them in a book, and buy things with imaginary (well, slightly more so than normal) money?

Yes, the account number is run through a machine and it verifies that the account is good.  But if you had someone's real account number that had money in it, it might work.  But you'd need a fake ID with that person's name on it.  Office supply stores sell books of blank check paper where you just print your info onto it.

This is intriguing...so essentially any dedicated person could use a check I or anyone else writes to them for identity theft purposes. I'll have to remember that one.