Roland Perry wrote:
at 14:02:21 on Sun, 26 Feb 2012, Adam H. Kerman remarked:

Like I said before, I had a $300 transaction in the USA which resulted
in the retailer having to make a phone call, and subsequently asking me
for ID (which I thought wasn't allowed, but there you are).

Why wouldn't he ask? Your transaction was flagged.

I was under the impression that merchant agreements in the USA did not
allow them to ask for ID. How they resolve flagged transactions, if
that's the case, isn't my problem.

Your card issuer didn't know you were traveling for whatever reason,
so the transaction appeared to be suspicious as it occurred in a
location they didn't expect it to be used in. Doesn't that sound
reasonable to you?

http://consumerist.com/2008/02/apple...agreement.html

I'm not reading that article, irrelevant to your situation.