Re: Billys Store - Unauthorized Chgs to my Debit Card
[Re: Katsc4]
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03/19/09 05:20 PM
03/19/09 05:20 PM
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I use the card sparingly, usually at resort checkout and a dinner or two. Carry cash daily which is alot easier to track spending and stay within a budget, when you see the real thing going away, you get a bit more miserly. Never carry more than a days cash tho, anywhere.
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Re: Billys Store - Unauthorized Chgs to my Debit Card
[Re: Katsc4]
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03/19/09 07:07 PM
03/19/09 07:07 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,000 SW, MA / SW, FL
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Kat,
Here are some suggestions from my experiences outside the USA. Do not use a debit card. Use a credit card, you have much more protection and then try to only use it at banks or the resort you are staying at. I would not use it for small purchases in small businesses. Check transactions frequently on line.
Having said the above I believe AC is safer than most and you should not have a problem if you are some what cautious.
Jim Formerly from somewhere on a beach in Belize
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Re: Billys Store - Unauthorized Chgs to my Debit Card
[Re: Amanda Syme]
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03/20/09 08:37 AM
03/20/09 08:37 AM
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Posts: 397 East Texas
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Numerous? You must be a target. We use our cards for everything! Even a cup of Joe at 7-11. We pay off every month and earn at least 4 flights a year for nothing. I have had one fraud charge in the US in 20 years. I also had 1 in Italy several years ago. The US charge was reversed, the one in Italy they told me to deal with the company myself.
I would discourage the use of a debit card while traveling. It can be hard to get money back from a business in another country.
While in Belize last Oct. I had to leave an imprint at a dive shop as deposit on underwater camera. I forgot to ask for it after returning the camera, but e-mailed Rudy and asked him to destroy it. I guess he did, cause nothing has shown up.
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