From:	Darrell L. Bowman darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us
Subject:	How exactly does a real SIN work?
Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:06:15 -0400

On 6 Aug 99, at 8:29, Dennis Steinmeijer wrote:

> > What I mean is, if you go into a bank to withdrawl yer money
> > with a silver stick in hand, they can only transfer 20K to it, you
> > ned another stick.
>
> Strange, I always thought that a credstick was like an American Express
> card, you don't have to go to the bank to get it upgraded every time, but
> rather, you use it to pay and the amount is subtrated from your bank
> account. I think we both have fundamentally different views of a
> credstick.

Well Dennis, we may have different views of how a credstick
works. You think it works like a debit card. But that would
definitely have to be tied into a SIN. A certified stick isn't tied
into a SIN, it's like cash. You load it up and then you spend it.
Look again at page 239 of SR3.

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Darrell Bowman
darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us