HOUSTON RICK
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Layaway. When I pick it up it is paid for and I break the cost into four payments to slip under the "radar".
I consider the debit card to be a curse on humanity.
That's how I feel about credit cards or banks in general. I have a debit/credit card from my Credit Union that has been pretty trusty and if they catch too much activity they'll call me right up and if I stop it, I'm not liable.
I gave up on credit cards years ago simply because of the interest and fees they charge. Now I know there is no interest when you pay the balance in full every month but how many people actually do that?
Acebow...overcharge is that they can get you for alot. Why not so credit carda where you can only be liable for up to 50 dollars max?
Yeah, if I get overcharged once, I won't do business with that company anymore. If I get overcharged by a large enough amount, it might be worth pursuing through legal channels. So far, that never happened when we had credit cards; now that we don't have one anymore, it's not an issue.
Not sure I understand the question re:'50 dollars max', but if you mean what I think you do, that's the idea of a pre-paid or low-limit card--even if they cheat or hack, they won't get much. Not using the debit card for the household or little business, they wouldn't be able to cripple us financially.
Hope that helps. Acebow
Yes. I phrased it as can be held liable. Credit card companies rarely charge $50 max limit.I've had two or more fraudulent debit card charges and each time the bank credited my account for the bux, pending investigation, and the credits were never reversed. Different strokes for different banks?
No. You totally misunderstood.
With a debit card, you can be held liable for the full amount of fraudulent charge. With a credit card, by law it is only 50$ which your bank can charge you for. This is why cc is king over debit to me.
I gave up on credit cards years ago simply because of the interest and fees they charge. Now I know there is no interest when you pay the balance in full every month but how many people actually do that?