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Woman Charged $8,000 For Burger King Meal

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...Guadalupe Pequino bought $8.64 worth of food at the drive-in window and paid with her Visa check card, issued by Bank of America. Because the total was entered twice, Pequino's receipt showed she was charged $8,648.64...



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{"commentId":697454,"authorDomain":"PHATjoe"}

haha, it costs a lot these days to "have it your way"

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Reply#1 - Thu May 10, 2007 10:17 AM EDT
{"commentId":697504,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

She could always have it worse... she could have woke up with that scary looking king in her bed.

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#1.1 - Thu May 10, 2007 10:32 AM EDT
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{"commentId":699453,"authorDomain":"kikaiju"}

Another reason why debit cards are a bad idea: this screwup directly attacked her bank account balance.

If it had been a real credit card, all it would have done was post a charge which would get reversed immediately. No big harm done.

It also speaks to the big problem of charge refunds and reversals. The card processors are super quick to put through a charge, but it can take weeks to process a refund or reverse. This is not a fair system.

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Reply#2 - Fri May 11, 2007 1:36 AM EDT
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