On Jan 15, 2004, at 2:38 PM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I worked 30 years in the police department, and quite a few as a
> detective,
> and I can tell you positively that no credit card company ever tells
> you to
> file a police report. They handle everything in house. They weren't
> rude to us,
> but they always declined to cooperate even when we'd arrest someone
> who had
> thousands and thousands of dollars worth of merchandise in their
> posession that
> they had just stolen with credit cards. They don't even assist us in
> determining which store the goods were taken from, so most of the time
> the stuff filled
> up our evidence lockers and we couldn't find out where the stuff
> belonged to
> at least give the stuff back to the stores. I'm talking tons of
> designer suits,
> electronics everything. The credit companies just write it off and
> pass it
> back to you in the form of higher interest rates. I guess they can't
> be bothered
> testifying all around the country in case after case.
That was my experience with a stolen card. Visa was not interested at
all in reporting the theft to the police or in any information about
who had it. I knew who stole it.
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
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