What, I am not the only one!LOL I laminated mine also. After, I did it I looked on the back and saw the notice about not laminated. DUH!! Well when I got married I was able to get a new one.
It was never originally meant to be used for ID (the early cards even say this) and makes a poor ID anyway, given that it's just a piece of paper with a number on it. There is no guarantee it's actually YOUR number.
I definitely see what you mean, but I still keep it along with other important papers such as birth certificates and such.
I laminated my ss card. I lost that card, got another one, and laminated that one, too. I know they're not supposed to be laminated, but since it is such an important document - and meant to be portable - I think it's dumb to leave it in a state where it will be totally destroyed by wear, tear, dirt, or heaven forbid, water damage. I mean, the cardstock is flimsier than my Starbucks frequent drinker card. My RedCross blood donor card is on thin plastic stock (thinner than credit cards). I think this should be the minimum standard for "permanent" cards, if they don't want people to be laminating them. -ingenue
I still have mine too. and I also "illegally" laminated my card along with the cards of my children. My "lamination" consisted of 2 pieces of packing tape with the card sandwiched between them. The lamination police did catch up to me though. The day I took my son to get his temporary DL the lady at the DMV informed us that if we weren't able to sucessfully "unlaminate" the card" that we would have to apply for a new card thus wait 6-8 more weeks!!! Its a good thing that packing tape doesn't stick well. The card is a bit sticky but OK ~ (when I asked of the importance of lamination I was told that the cards have a texture to them and that is what proves its authenticity) cor
Fessing to being middle-aged with Butch and still in possession of the original, I think I must have signed it in 6th grade Unlaminated too! No lamination police to haunt me ;-) Hmmmm, it's getting wrinkles and not as flexible as it once was...OMG, just like ME! he he he Sassy
Do they request copies of completed applications when thier subscribers request to see our credit report or do they just take them at thier word? ljones4521 ==================== Their word is good as gold but ours is always suspect.
I have heard of money laundering, but usually they don't actually wash the whole wallet, lol.herauntsis ===================== Well that's one way to clean up your finances! Wonder if we could get his wife to wash our credit reports?!
Your signature probably looks nothing like it does today. And, yet, they ask for the card for "identification" (as if they have your signature from when you were 12 on file).
