Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!dual!ptsfa!ptsfb!che From: che@ptsfb.UUCP (Mitch Che) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Amex card fees Message-ID: <199@ptsfb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 12:31:36 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfb.199 Posted: Mon Jul 15 12:31:36 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:05:08 EDT References: <1605@orca.UUCP> <3967@alice.UUCP> <1263@peora.UUCP> Reply-To: che@ptsfb.UUCP (Mitch Che) Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 27 Summary: In article <1263@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes: >> I told them I wasn't going to sign a blank charge ticket. They said that >> was OK; I didn't have to sign it to be obligated to pay it. > >This is true. If you read the fine print on your American Express contract, >you'll see that it says that you are obligated to pay for a charge if you >have expressed "intent to pay". I'm not sure what intent to pay implies, >but that fact has always concerned me regarding making telephone orders with >a credit or charge card. >-- When you rent a car, the contract also says you're liable to be billed for any additional charges on your credit card. This is why the rental companies hate it when you pay in cash! (Most don't allow a cash rental without a deposit!) I was stuck with a jacked-up bill from a rental company for dropping a car off at LAX instead of downtown. Since I was told this was OK, it was a surprise to see a 30% increase in my charge. I had to write a letter to my credit card company, but they handled it quite nicely. (Good work at First Interstate Bank...) -- Mitch Che Pacific Bell --------------------------------------- disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer, too (415) 823-2438 uucp: {ihnp4,dual}!ptsfa!ptsfb!che