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2022-06-30 -Great Cultural Revolution

Gas stations placing $175 hold on ATM Card even before you even fill up.

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Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 Stopping a proxy run on banks.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-06-30 08:09|| 2022-06-30 08:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Cash
can also be used a a metric
In the '70s oil crisis, the Lincoln was the gas coupon.
Today, the Jackson is the gas coupon.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-30 10:16|| 2022-06-30 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Pretty much all financial security experts say it's stupid to use a debit card to make purchases. Unlike a credit card, it is a mainline into your bank account. If someone steals the data and empties your account, you have none of the fraud protections that credit cards do.

Yes, I do get some people can't get a traditional credit card. In that instance, a pre-paid credit card is the way to go, for safety's sake.

I don't even use a credit card at the gas station anymore. Skimmer gangs are everywhere. Use your debit card to get cash at an ATM instead.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-06-30 10:41|| 2022-06-30 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^ Had that happen for the first (and only) time (knock on wood) about four years ago at a 7-11 gas station. A weird charge in Indian rupees (like I said, a 7-11) appeared.

Funny, I drove by that area last week...that petrol station has been levelled. Good.

Debit card for normal purchases? Yeah, no sense.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-06-30 10:44|| 2022-06-30 10:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Having a higher price hold increases the risk of overdraft fees for some consumers.

So is filling up the tank so you can make it home, but that isn't the bank, card company, ATM company, or gas station's fault.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-30 13:47|| 2022-06-30 13:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Fly or drive. No win. The REAL reason for all the flight cancellations?

Pilots are on strike.

Posted by Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-06-30 16:31|| 2022-06-30 16:31|| Front Page Top

#7 And they are not telling people they are on strike. That is why so many are being stranded at the airports.

Posted by Black Charlie Slairt1430 2022-06-30 16:33|| 2022-06-30 16:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Is that why Buttgig wants to hire a diverse group of people off the streets, to fill these mission critical positions?

Related,
Aluminum factory is Kentucky scheduled to close. Cites high energy costs.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-06-30 16:53|| 2022-06-30 16:53|| Front Page Top

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