ID Card Curiosity

[ol'fido]

My membership was due to expire on May 31. I renewed that day. One week later, I received my new ID card. Two weeks later, I received another ID card. The only difference I can see is the 4 digit number next to the bar code. So is this bureaucratic duplication? Not really an issue but it is curious. Thoughts?

[ARandomCadet]

Had the same thing happen to me except they showed up two days apart, also I am a new member not a renewed member.

[RogueLeader]

I ordered a second id right after I made Maj (which was a couple days after my renewal) and they are one digit off, so I'm guessing that they are a sequence number to the producer in batches of 9999, then they would recycle back to 0001.

[SarDragon]

I got a new card in April. I just looked at it closely, and the 4 digit number next to the bar code is the last 4 of my SSAN.

[Eclipse]

I got a new card in April. I just looked at it closely, and the 4 digit number next to the bar code is the last 4 of my SSAN.

Hmm...interesting - useful for base access when they want that info, but a potential persec issue as well.

[ol'fido]

The four digit numbers on mine are meaningless to me. The bar codes seem similar just by eyeballing them.