[pianotech] pay as you go

[paul bruesch]

I didn't tell them.
(a) it says debit right on it and
(b) it was their system that recognized it as a debit card and disallowed
it.

This happened at the counter in the airport, not over the phone. I believe I
had a reservation which I most likely made with the debit card. It's been a
while. Typical huge business. Do you want to ask me about trying to pay my
Comcast bill online today? (no, you don't)

The funny thing, come to think of it, is I stayed at the same counter and
the same clerk just rented me a car from a different company.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> wrote:

>  *Don't tell them that it's a debit card.  If they ask, just say credit.
> It's not lying cause it does work both ways.  Just pulls it out of the
> checkbook instead.  :-)*
>
> * *
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *paul bruesch
> *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2009 10:04 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] pay as you go
>
>
>
> I have had to change car rental agencies because the first one would not
> accept a debit card.
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Yes it does.  At least in the USA anyway.  A debit card works exactly like
> a credit card.  If I go into Home Depot for example, I run my debit card
> just like a credit card.  When I reserve a hotel online of via the
> telephone, I use my debit card as a credit card.  When I flew to Germany and
> Japan in 2006 and 2007 I reserved my plane flight etc., using my debit card
> as a credit card.  You simply have to have the bank allow it to be run both
> ways as either a debit or credit transaction.  I've never had any problems
> at all.
>
> Jer
>
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