I don't believe that for one minute - no-one spends just $20 on fuel
any more!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/11/2008, at 12:24 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
> A weird story. A friend of mine lives in the Binghamton NY area and
> used to use his Paypal debit card for buying gas for his truck.
> Twice,
> Exxon/Mobil stations debited his card $70 for a $20 gas purchase!
> After
> spending an hour on the phone, Exxon explained they do it "just in
> case
> there are problems with paypal. Don't worry, you'll get the $50
> back in
> a few days". No one else handled the card, he paid at the pump, this
> extra penalty must be built into their "firm"ware. He got his money
> back, but they had it for 10 days to do with as they wish. Sounds
> frickin' illegal, underhanded or something you'd expect an oil company
> would do in the '20s.
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