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Using Debt Cards at Restaurants. Risky?

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So you go to a restaurant and you order some food for you and your date.
When the bill comes you simply give the waiter your debt card and they bring back a slip of paper for you to sign.
Balance $4512
Tip ______________
Tax $4.50
Total____________
Now you write in a tip and do the total and that is what should come out of your bank account right?
Not always... In fact the past 2 times I have eaten it has said something different when I check my account online. The tip was either wrong. Or I left the tip blank and left cash but a tip was taken out anyways.
So why the discrepancies? Confused
Then sometimes I’ll look at it a day or so later and the balance has changed once again…Either up or down… You just never know. Guess Ill start taking cash to go out and eat because most of them won’t take a check either.
How risky is it to hand your debt or credit card to a waiter anyways? What is to stop them from writing down that number and then going shopping online when they get off work?
You guys be careful… Ya dig?
Too Much Debt?
OK. I admit it. I have too much debt. I screwed up like so many and ran up credit cards. Now I’m unemployed. Can’t pay them and they are pissed.
It seems to be the American Way! What the heck is a Computer Guru wannabe blogger to do? I guess I’m just a bad bad boy.. Hmmm?
Phone: Ring ring..
- Hello?
- Hello, Is this Dave? Grab your checkbook Dave.
- What for?
- Because you owe us money Dave
- I know.
- Well, we can do a payment right over the phone.
- I don’t have any money
- Well we need our money Dave
- But, but…
- If you don’t pay us we will have to turn it over to collections
- What does that mean?
- It means. Dave, we will have to get more aggressive. Do you want that?
- Uh…No
- Well, then let’s make that payment.
- I said I don’t…..
- You have SOMETHING you can pay I’m sure..
- But..but…
- Settle now or we will sue.
You ever had a conversation like that?

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