tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post5190186632453496200..comments2024-03-07T00:23:26.870-08:00Comments on Croft's Wanderings: I’ve Been Swiped!Crofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634815881045387152noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-90004063027194765002011-03-27T07:36:08.455-07:002011-03-27T07:36:08.455-07:00Croft,
I never, ever, leave my credit card with t...Croft,<br /><br />I never, ever, leave my credit card with the clerk. I only ever leave my driver's license. If a clerk argues, I point to the continuing theft of credit card numbers and they relent. I leave the license, fill up, return, get the license back then give the clerk my credit card. Only one time (while in Mesa, AZ) did a clerk refuse my license. I left and stopped at the next fuel station. No problem there!!!<br /><br />May well be worth a try.<br /><br />Cheers.René and Jeanette Genereuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09166865264538146835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-15427550248983490762011-03-26T11:01:08.755-07:002011-03-26T11:01:08.755-07:00Hi Croft. Sorry to hear of your credit card proble...Hi Croft. Sorry to hear of your credit card problems. Not sure if I told you this before but I use BMO Mastercard that allows you to submit a temporary address for the duration of your trip and I use a friends address in Idaho and had no gas pump issues using their zip code. I receive no paper communications from BMO so having a temporary address is no problem. I wish the Royal and other Canadian banks would do something similar.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-50921673628544399362011-03-26T08:49:27.552-07:002011-03-26T08:49:27.552-07:00My experience has been that most gas stations are ...My experience has been that most gas stations are run by pond scum. I don't put anything past them.<br /><br />Sorry about your problem. Can you remember the name of the last gas station you were at-maybe give it to the CC company and let them put a watch on them.<br /><br />I'm thinking of getting a card JUST for gas so that I can track it. This is one good reason to have a credit card, not a debit card. <br /><br />My bank, Wells Fargo, tried to push a debit card on me recently; calling it an ATM card. I called and had them change my credit line on the debit portion to 0 because I want an ATM for emergencies.<br /><br />Again, sorry for your experience.hobopalsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-83733387753140141372011-03-26T07:49:23.929-07:002011-03-26T07:49:23.929-07:00It doesn't just happend when you are travellin...It doesn't just happend when you are travelling either.<br />Mine was "compromised" at a local gas station here in Edmonton!<br /><br />They racked up a few charges before I noticed on my on-line account and the Visa people were kind enough to wipe them off for me.<br /><br />I guess it can happen anywhere. Thieves are getting smarter now, be careful out there!<br /><br />Cheers!Karyn-Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441864113888457036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-19539010909964036742011-03-25T20:33:37.981-07:002011-03-25T20:33:37.981-07:00Oh yes - Donald just reminded me - if he is alone,...Oh yes - Donald just reminded me - if he is alone, he guesses at the dollar amount, have the attendant swipe for that and never ever leave the card with the attendant. If we have to stop again in the day for more fuel, so be it. We hope everything will be sorted out with your cr card company without too much hassle. If Vancity, they are usually pretty good.K and D in the RVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731109196434337232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414957110325310952.post-19637750095730984462011-03-25T20:31:09.324-07:002011-03-25T20:31:09.324-07:00So sorry to hear the trouble with your card. We h...So sorry to hear the trouble with your card. We have been successful with the numbers of our postal code and add 2 zeros and use that as a zip at the pump. If we cannot do that, one of us stays inside the gas station with an eagle eye on the card. Having worked in the industry, gas stations are the #1 trouble spot for cr card fraud.K and D in the RVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731109196434337232noreply@blogger.com