Cattleman Western Store

We went there over the Christmas holiday to look around and help my father-​in-​law find something interesting to take back to Michigan. They have a nice selection of authentic western clothing and furniture. They had reasonable prices and it was very clean inside. I would shop there again if it wasn’t for what happened at the checkout counter. They wanted to fingerprint my wife for a credit card transaction. This is completely unreasonable. The checkout person said that it was put into place to deal with credit card fraud. Apparently, neither she, nor the store manager, nor the owners have read the credit card merchant agreements.
For instance, Section 9.11.2 of the Mastercard Merchant Agreement regarding Cardholder Identification explicitly states the following:
«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, except as specifically permitted or required by the Standards.»
That means NO licenses, NO passports, and definitely NO Fingerprints! The only exceptions in the Standards are for situations such as requiring an address for mail order items, and entering a zip code for point-​of-​sale transactions such as a pay-​at-​the-​pump gas stations where there is no attendant and no signature.
What merchants are supposed to do is compare the signature on the back of the card to the signature on the sales agreement. That’s all. That’s what they signed up for when they decided to take credit cards.
Until they remove this policy, I won’t be shopping there. What will they want next, a retina scan and a blood sample?
«He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither» — Ben Franklin.