Keep all receipts after using Visa gift cards

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joker17 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:57:53 GMT

Ha ha Truecritic....

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truecritic — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:43:32 GMT

Glad it turned out well.

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joker17 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:52:38 GMT

Well, thanx everyone, but I got my money back today. A friend at work told me of a new law into effect where the credit card companies are now holding a specified amount when purchasing GAS ONLY. I guess they've been burned so often that they do this to ensure they get their money, and once they do, they redeposit the balance back onto your card. I just wish they would inform folks about this, and not have to find out second hand.

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truecritic — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:24:26 GMT

<br />Good luck

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Tenaj — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:28:33 GMT

<br />Good Luck Pacman.

Original Blog Entry: Keep all receipts after using Visa gift cards

joker17 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:58:00 GMT

Wednesday afternoon I purchased a 100 dollar debit Visa gift card specifically to renew my Virgin Mobile broadband2go internet device which cost 40 bucks a month but haven't used it yet.

I used the card to purchase 17 bucks worth of fuel at an Exxon gas station on Friday morning, but I found later that night, that someone at the station charged me 70 bucks for that 17 dollars worth of fuel because my card was declined during a purchase later that night.

Now on Saturday, today, I'll have to go back to the store and show him the transaction history in hopes of proving to him that somehow either his machine or someone at the store charged me an extra 53 bucks.

I did print a receipt at the pump, but I threw it away after checking the amount and making sure the full debit card number wasn't visible. Only a few numbers with a bunch of xxxxxx's. I should've saved the receipt. But I did print out the account history with the time and date from the Visa website, so I can show the merchant that there is no way I purchased 70 dollars worth of product at his establishment.

Wish me luck....lol

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