Some Myrtle Beach restaurants now hold your ID while you eat - Do you agree?


Olde Hornet

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Is this a good policy given they are having dine and dash customers?
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Is it legal? Some Myrtle Beach restaurants now hold your ID while you eat
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https://news.yahoo.com/legal-myrtle-beach-restaurants-now-090000247.html

Lori Ferrero, who was visiting from Myrtle Beach, said she left the restaurant after being told by staff that an ID and credit card would be required to hold onto during seating. She made a Facebook post that has garnered hundreds of likes and shares with many who agree that holding an ID is problematic.

“I do understand their reasoning, but if a customer has cash, they shouldn’t have to give your driver’s license and credit card for them to hold,” Ferrero said. “Too much scamming and identity theft going on.”

Another restaurant, Beach House Bar and Grill, enforces this policy with the summer season in order to keep people from dining and dashing.

“We have a big problem during the summer months with a lot of people walking out on their tabs,” Cameron Van Buren, a manager, said. “If they are not comfortable with that option, we have a “pay as you go” option. You can just order things, and it’s like grabbing a drink and then paying for your drink as soon as you get it.”

While there are no laws forbidding this type of policy, different credit card companies have different rules about merchants asking for an ID at the time of purchase.
 
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