A credit card industry group has approved a plan to track sales of guns and ammo with a new merchant code

[J Galt]

It looks like the corporations are becoming even more invasive with collecting information about you. I'm pretty sure they would be happy to sell that information as well.

From the article:

. . . Merchant category codes are made up of four digits and are used across all sorts of industries as a means to classify retailers, while not revealing individual product purchases. Credit card companies currently lump firearm retailers in with other outlets, classifying them as either “5999: Miscellaneous retail stores” or “5941: Sporting Goods Stores.”

With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement . . .

A credit card industry group has approved a plan to track sales of guns and ammo with a new merchant code

"Visa's rules expressly prohibit blocking of legal transactions under an MCC"

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[TheGrumpyGuy]

I've got their 4 digit code right here... ****

 

[Lpherr]

Well... since my LGS charges 3% to use a CC, I pay using cash. Guess they will have to figure another way to track me.
Like "they" don't already know.

 

[Bigtanker]

About the third dupe.

CC tracking?

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/credit-card-sales-of-guns-and-ammo-merchant-codes/#app

www.indianagunowners.com