Happens with credit cards as well, but you are less likely to notice unless
you're near your credit limit. Check into a hotel for a week, and then look
up what's happened to your available credit!
Tom
2008/11/4 Sue Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
>
> There must be something about debit cards, as this is common with their
> use.
>
> Bill Pearce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:24 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT American express
>
>
> >
> > A weird story. A friend of mine lives in the Binghamton NY area and
> > used to use his Paypal debit card for buying gas for his truck. Twice,
> > Exxon/Mobil stations debited his card $70 for a $20 gas purchase! After
> > spending an hour on the phone, Exxon explained they do it "just in case
> > there are problems with paypal. Don't worry, you'll get the $50 back in
> > a few days". No one else handled the card, he paid at the pump, this
> > extra penalty must be built into their "firm"ware. He got his money
> > back, but they had it for 10 days to do with as they wish. Sounds
> > frickin' illegal, underhanded or something you'd expect an oil company
> > would do in the '20s.
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> > Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >> It's probably happening all over the place. Anyone lending money these
> >> days is taking steps to limit their exposure.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >> John Hermanson wrote:
> >>> Anyone here using American Express recently discover their credit limit
> >>> has been cut way way back and AE won't explain why? AE used to the "no
> >>> limits" cc.
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