Last Thursday we left Ohio and headed for Illinois to see Inkling. We used our debit card to get gas before left Ohio, and then again in Indiana for dinner. On Saturday we once again used the card in Indiana, and then again in Ohio. On Sunday we used the card in Ohio for gas, and then in Michigan for groceries and dinner out right after we arrived. Apparently the use of our debit over three states in two days signaled a red flag. When I went into Aldi's to get a few extra things and the candy for the kids' Easter baskets, our card was denied. Huh? What's that all about? It's a debit card, either the money's there or it's not, and we know that it is. The manager at Aldi's told me that she thought it was their system simply not accepting the out of town card. Since we knew there was denitely money in our account, we decided to go over to the bank and try to withdraw some money! Ha... note to self, if card is denied by store, don't put card into an atm, because the machine will keep your card. Ugh!
Of course this all had to happen at 5:00 when our bank had just closed and the one that just took our card. So Smart Guy's gonna be in their parking lot as soon as they open in the morning to try to figure out what the heck is going on. Here's hoping.
1 comment:
it probably is a red flag to them concerned that there is much activity and that you did not notify them. (ours did that and froze us up..I said I wasn't aware I had to notify you where I spend my money?They told us next time we had to notify them in advance) um..no appologies from them.
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