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It's kinda funny, I guess, but in some sort of a "paybacks are hell"
category we just this morning had our credit card declined for a gas fill up at Grand Glaize Airport, in Missouri, during the mass departure from the Cherokee Pilots Association fly-in! I still haven't got to the bottom of it (we never carry a balance) but I clearly must have caused a "ripple in The Force" by talking about this issue on Usenet! "The Dark Side is strong, in this one" Chuckle. Give them a call. They should be able to tell you exactly what the problem was. Just to follow up -- it turned out that Mary had not "activated" her new card, so Visa "declined" the charge. (Which is bizarre, since she swears she's been using it, and I've got the bills to prove it!) If I had charged the gas on my card (same account, slightly different number), it would have worked just fine, according to Visa. Strange crap does happen, from time to time. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Unfortunately, our revenue is 10 to 1 credit/debit cards versus cash, so they've got me -- and millions of honest vendors like me -- over a barbed-wire barrel... Jay's exactly right. The CC companies don't lose. Someone said something like "you know how much the CC companies lose to fraud each year". Guess what, the CC companies don't lose a penny to fraud. The costs that can't be passed back to a vendor (who, BTW pays a 2-4% premium on every transaction) gets passed on to the CC holders in the form of high interest rates and fees. Trust me, the CC companies would not be in business if they weren't turning a profit. -- --Ray Andraka, P.E. President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc. 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950 http://www.andraka.com "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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