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Posted by Susan Torrens on January 3, 2007, 5:09 pm
I check my credit card website almost every day. Since we are south for the
winter, I use my card to order lots of quilty things online, as well as for
everyday items. BUT, I never spend more than I can afford to pay at month
end. I have caught a couple of double charges at hotels, etc., and although
they are a PITA to deal with, I have always managed to get the charges
reversed.
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Susan in Zephyrhills FL
finally back to quilting
http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
> Several years back I didn't pay much attention to my statements. I just
> spent less money than I brought in. It was going into Christmas time. I
> was purchasing like crazy and was accustomed to living on very little
> after all the purchasing. Then came January and I was paying bills off
> from Christmas...so still used to having not too much money. Then
> February. All bills paid...WHY did I have so little money in my
> account?!?! Well, after reviewing my account from Late November through
> to February I had very very small charges on my account for online
> porn. CHarges like $4.99, $1.99, $3.99. Amounts that while shopping and
> bill paying I never noticed missing because I didn't look at my
> statements and didn't balance my checkbook. Well it snowballed and
> snowballed until I was getting socked with tons of little charges that
> all ultimately totalled a little over $2000!!!!!!! I can tell you with
> like nine million phone calls and a lot of pretty funny phone
> converstaions about online porn site I HAD NOT visited (imagine two
> serious adults listing off fetish porn site names) I did manage to get
> every single penny back between financial processors and my bank. I
> then bought a sewing machine with my "forced savings"!!!!
>
> Moral of the story is I now log into my bank account once a day and
> check my accounts.
>
> Melissa in NJ
>
>
> Polly Esther wrote:
>> If you do online shopping, pay very close attention to your bill. I just
>> took a hit for $1,200 worth of software. Me? Yeah, right . . . I'm the
>> one
>> who's still learning to take pictures of my thumb with the telephone.
>> What
>> on earth would I do with a $1,200 software package? Fortunately, my nice
>> credit card company also knew that such a purchase was highly unlikely
>> and
>> slammed the credit card account shut. Unfortunately, I had ordered a
>> beautiful navy blue dress that was 70% off. Now it's no longer
>> available.
>> (sigh). Read your bills very carefully. Polly
>
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