I am some relieved! After a six day hiatus my missing wallet surfaced today. I had put my credit cards on hold in the hopes it might turn-up. St. Anthony answered my prayers in the form of a phone call from home around supper time. Aidan, my oldest, had found the wallet. It was in my wife's car all along! How we missed it after a couple of cavity searches is unknown.
All I can say is that it is nice to have my ID back. Not having credit or a bank card for a week was very vexing. Have you ever tried to get a replacement bank card when you have no ID? Well, I am not a regular customer as most of my banking is done on-line. I do have savings and chequing accounts, a mortgage and several investment portfolios at the branch but with the exception of one person, I know nobody else there.
As luck would have it Rhonda was off. I waited for 45 minutes while the staff searched frantically for a signature card I signed in my university days to which they would compare my signature. Of course, they never found the card and I am not sure my signature would still match. A call to Rhonda on her day off saved the day. It took me all of five minutes on the phone to re-activate my credit cards.
As frustrating as it was, it was reassuring to learn how seriously banks take identity protection. If I could not convince them that I was me, what chance would a stranger have?
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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3 comments:
Remember: SIN card stays at home.
Is it still in your wallet?
Wally:
Sage advice. The wallet now contains my bank card, a drivers license, one low limit credit points credit card, the air miles card, my chapters reward card and that is it.
MCP, SIN, Birth Certificate are all now in the safety deposit box!
Peter
When my wallet was stolen, the only ID I had left was my long-expired House of Commons staff ID, which I dug out of my dresser drawer. It had my photo and signature and the signature of the Sergeant-at-Arms, so banks and government agencies accepted it. Apparently its novelty compensated for it being out of date!
Montreal police figured the thief was interested in cash only, since the credit card was never used. Thankfully this was before identity theft became such an industry, and my ID probably ended up in a garbage can.
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