Aircraft Spruce and Jim Irwin

"Stu Gotts" wrote in message ...
No, but if you took the time to read the original (and earlier)
message(s), the poster said the card was rejected, then he made the
purchase from another vendor with the same card a few minutes later.

Beleive me it happens.

"Kyle Boatright" wrote:


"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:03:07 GMT, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote:

It ain't that hard to get Jim Irwin on the phone. You should try it
instead of airing dirty laundry in this forum. Especially since credit
cards
get randomly rejected from time to time, based on any number of glitches
in
the systems that span the distance between the card reader and the credit
card company.

That's news to me, and yes, I accept credit cards in my business
daily! Maybe Mrs. Hitler made a mistake so an authorization wasn't
possible.



You've never accidentally rejected a card or had a personal card mistakenly
rejected? I can think of at least 3 times in my life (once at a gas pump
last weekend) when a viable card has been rejected.

KB

For me, it was last Monday. Free pass to the movies after it declined
one credit card (that was current) and two debit cards (on accounts
with adequate balances) and the theater manager's card. Unfortunately,
the concession stand accepted them, so no free food.
--
Alex
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("alexy" wrote)
For me, it was last Monday. Free pass to the movies after it declined
one credit card (that was current) and two debit cards (on accounts
with adequate balances) and the theater manager's card. Unfortunately,
the concession stand accepted them, so no free food.

At Christmas time, cards will get rejected if too many purchases have been
made in X time period. We'd see it all-the-time at my friend's Play-It-Again
Sports store. 2 out of 3 rejections were for that reason. We figured it out,
after a while, that number of uses (in a short time) was more important than
$ amount - in disqualifying a card.

Movies (and concession stand) on credit cards? :-)

I'm torn. Going to movies ...very good. Credit card ...bad.

--
Montblack
"I like to watch"

"Montblack" wrote:

("alexy" wrote)
For me, it was last Monday. Free pass to the movies after it declined
one credit card (that was current) and two debit cards (on accounts
with adequate balances) and the theater manager's card. Unfortunately,
the concession stand accepted them, so no free food.

At Christmas time, cards will get rejected if too many purchases have been
made in X time period. We'd see it all-the-time at my friend's Play-It-Again
Sports store. 2 out of 3 rejections were for that reason. We figured it out,
after a while, that number of uses (in a short time) was more important than
$ amount - in disqualifying a card.

Movies (and concession stand) on credit cards? :-)

I'm torn. Going to movies ...very good. Credit card ...bad.

Agreed. But now for "The Rest of the Story (TM)":

The ATM was "unable to dispense cash at this time"
One of the debit cards I tried was on another bank, but the bank whose
ATM I tired may have been the bank of the theater Co, which might
explain things.
--
Alex
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"Montblack" wrote in message ...

Movies (and concession stand) on credit cards? :-)

It has the advantage that you can avoid the gum chewing disinterested teenager
selling the cash tickets (and the inherent line) and pop right up to the ATM-like
ticket vending machine (it's also the way you claim your tickets when you purchase
them online in advance of getting to the theatre).

"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:03:07 GMT, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote:

It ain't that hard to get Jim Irwin on the phone. You should try it
instead of airing dirty laundry in this forum. Especially since credit
cards
get randomly rejected from time to time, based on any number of glitches
in
the systems that span the distance between the card reader and the credit
card company.

That's news to me, and yes, I accept credit cards in my business
daily! Maybe Mrs. Hitler made a mistake so an authorization wasn't
possible.



ACS uses a system that not only does the authorization as the normal swipe
system does but also matches the Bill To information (Numbers in the Street
Address, Zip Code and maybe Phone number) to what the card company has in
their records. No Match/No Authorization.

With Debit cards many banks don't release that info to the system so you get
a refused card.

Kyle Boatright wrote:

It ain't that hard to get Jim Irwin on the phone. You should try it
instead of airing dirty laundry in this forum. Especially since credit cards
get randomly rejected from time to time, based on any number of glitches in
the systems that span the distance between the card reader and the credit
card company.

For me, I don't care what the problem is, if someone, *especially*
someone I'm trying to give business to, acts like a jerk, the business
goes elsewhere.

As for airing dirty laundry, I took it as letting others know of a
problem. I would do the same, just so that others might be warned if
there is a continuing pattern of 'surliness.'

Of course, I'd *also* make sure whoever's in charge hears about it
directly.
--
David Hill
david at hillREMOVETHISfamily.org
Sautee-Nacoochee, GA, USA

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