The next day I went to a hole in the wall type chinese restaurant for lunch and used my card then went to get gas. While at the pumps my debit card was not reading properly. I reentered my PIN several times and then used it as a credit card which prompts you to type in your zip code. I typed it in and it said invalid. I thought well maybe the bank has changed my address without me knowing it because I had recently moved to a new zip code. I finally went inside and said that it wasn't working. The clerk said that he could only put a portion on the card so I said 20 dollars. He said okay and I pumped away. The car only took 18.15 dollars and I had to go inside for a refund. he then put the refund on my card and I left.
I received a call from Wendy shortly afterwards and she immediately said that she was using her card at Fiesta and no matter how many times she put in her PIN, it still would not work. She finally ran it as a credit card and was able to charge her groceries. I thought to myself something is wrong with Wells Fargo because this isn't the first time that our debit cards have been denied even knowing that we had plenty of money in the bank. Wendy said, "No, you don't understand. I have your card and you have mine!" Of course, we inquired to each others purchases and it came that I owed her 10 dollars so I paid for her bowling that was 10 dollars that evening. By the way, I won. I was the only one to break 100 with a score of 108. It was tragic that I would roll a strike and then a gutter ball. Technique... not a constant on bowling for me.
That night, we discussed how easy it was to use another persons card. I was never told by the two merchants that I was using Wendy's card and she was never told that she was using Phillip's card. It gave us a bit of a scare because we sometimes will have a large sum of money in the accounts. Lesson: Make sure you read that you have received your card after dinner especially when the cards look exactly alike AND if you do realize you have your friends card the next day, make DAMN sure you buy a new flat screen television and then give them back their card. LOL.
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Can't help laughing, but it's not really funny, is it? This past summer, for three consecuitve months, someone made charges to two of my accounts, AT&T and credit card, then I got a collection letter for another name which had my EXACT address and phone number on it. I called and all three situations were straightened out, but it really scared me. In all three instances, a different name was used. Thank goodness I keep very close watch on my expenditures. Think about people who just pay their bills and never check. So far, there have been no further problems, thank goodness! Good post! BJ P.S. Thanks for getting rid of that hard-to-read code!!!!
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