"you can't have a credit check without a driver's license"

[deborah]

Over in my own journal, I post about my failed efforts to purchase an iPhone. Very short version: I am told that they can't do a credit check without a drivers license. When I point out to them that I have had plenty of credit checks without a drivers license, and lots of disabled people don't drive, doncha know, they hang up on me. Stay classy, Apple!

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[j00j]

I fall into this category (I do not have disabilities, but do not drive because I've never lived somewhere that absolutely required it), though I do have a state ID. The state ID has always been accepted, though people occasionally boggle at my not having a license. Hell, all that's required for you to do your own credit check with one of the 3 credit bureaus is SSN, and if I recall correctly, birthdate and some of your address history (to make sure you've got the right John Smith or whoever).

[automaticdoor]

My boyfriend, who is 22 and from Oklahoma, has had a learners permit since he was 16 or 17. He was even allowed to renew it as a learners permit when he turned 21. They've still not made him get an actual license. He went to OU which is small enough that you can ride your bike around town, he homeschooled himself for high school so no need for a car there, and he's in his second year of law school in DC. Other than an inordinate amount of teasing from me about having *renewed* his learners permit, he's not had any issues with it.