I have been a patient of Americas Best Contacts at their Washington, D.C. store and their Glen Burnie, MD Store and since 1987 and I have written checks for 23 years. In the last five years due to the age of debit cards I have not written checks, but today I decided to write a check at Americas Best Contacts at the Glen Bunie, Maryland store to buy my contact lenses because I misplaced my debit card. Iwas declined and I was shocked because I am not a crook and I never, ever write checks. So I asked the young sales girl to give me the number to question the allegation of my denial. I called the number 1-800-237-4851 - Equifax. which she had written on a small paper. I dialed the number, immediately from my cell phone and I listened to the recorded message and followed the instructions. I entered my check number to proceed and the recording said something to this effect that I did not meet the ratio to write checks due to identity theft! What in the world does this mean!!!


What is this country coming to! Due to the illegal immigrants, Americans like me and everyone else has to take the grunt of the problems that caused by illegal aliens. I was born in the US and raised in Washington, DC worked for Senators at Washington DC Law firms and I was declined because of the ratio of identify theft. What does this actually mean? Since it was a recorded person I can't ask questions. to a recording. So, inthe future, if I ever want to write a check at an establishment, I will make sure I ask in advance whether the company uses the services of Certegy before I attemp to write a check. This has never happened to me in my entire life. I can not understand this dilemma. I can uderstand their mistrust to ascertain an assumption whether or not I was a con artist or jail bird, or a drug addict desperate to obtain money, but I just paid $100.00 to Americas Best two days ago for my eye exam and the three year membership which was made payable through my bank card and then two days later I am declined by attempting to write a check for a "measley" $71.98!!

I agree with the person who suggested a class action suit against Certfy. I am for this because I could have been out of town and needed to write a check for an emergency and declined. This makes me want to really consult the attorneys that I work for in Washington, D.C.