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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
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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
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