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> But what if the server chose to enter $20 instead of the $10 I specified? Sure, they could. As long as you kept the receipt just show it to the credit card c
by jjav 6y ago
> But what if the server chose to enter $20 instead of the $10 I specified?
Sure, they could. As long as you kept the receipt just show it to the credit card company and they'll reverse it. More importantly, I'd imagine the store would be heavily penalized, up to possibly losing their credit card contract which would leave them unable to accept payments if it's a recurring problem.
So, it doesn't really happen. In decades of eating out a lot, never seen it (and I'm the type who checks every line item in the credit card statement so I'd notice if anything is even a penny off). So no reason to worry about it.
> you enter the tip on the card machine when you put your card in
Personally I hate this so much, because I want to compute the tip and it's really uncomfortable to do so with the waiter staring at me. I want them to go away and give me time and peace to do the calculation.
- dkarp 6y agoYea, it seems to come down to the penalties being high enough that this fraud isn't worth it. As a software engineer, the idea of writing in my bad handwriting the tip and total and then someone who is probably in a hurry typing it in seems like a way to introduce more human error. That's much less likely to happen with a terminal and, since most banks here send you instant payment notifications, you're likely to catch it immediately. Obviously this system is working for billions of payments a year over there so it can't be too much of an issue! Next time I'm there, I'll not worry about it.