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Back in the 1990s, I was living in another country and noticed that sometimes, when I used my home credit card, the purchases would simply never appear on my bi
by dustintrex 5y ago
Back in the 1990s, I was living in another country and noticed that sometimes, when I used my home credit card, the purchases would simply never appear on my bill. The "free" purchases were always small (no free airline tickets or cameras) and the only pattern I could figure out was that a bookshop I frequented was always free. But I felt bad about (potentially) stiffing them, so I started buying my books with cash instead.
- shitloadofbooks 5y agoThe bookshop probably had their payment gateway set to their merchant's card test gateway.
- dustintrex 5y agoIt wasn't the only place where this happened though, just the only one where it clearly happened every time. This was in the days of printed statements, so there was often a lag of several months until I would find out what was and was not actually charged.