Life's Lessons Learned.....

...Or is that "re-learned"? Not sure if that is even a word, but Deed will correct me if I am wrong (heh heh).
Ok...so you know how when you go to a store like Hannaford and charge your item(s) and swipe your own card, and sometimes the machine seems like it didn't read your card so it asks you to do it again? Well...let me tell you, I have always been leary of this, and wondered if somehow I would be charged twice, only to find out that this has not been the case....until now!
It seems I paid for a prescription at my local Hannaford with my Mastercard one day last month (I must not have had any cash on hand or something cause I usually don't use that card much). So I pay the bill when it comes in, and being that I have not made it a habit of saving every last receipt, with the exception of my debit card ones, I had no other record of the transactions on the bill. But, I was looking at the transactions and noticed that I was charged twice at the same place on the same day, and these were the only two transactions that month. Hmmmm...so I got looking at my prescriptions and found the one I had charged, as they are dated, called Capital One, only to be put on hold for 10 minutes ("we are experiencing a large volume of calls, please stay on the line...blah blah blah") and only to be told I had to go to the place of business to address the issue.
I go to Shop n Save (still can't call them "Hannaford"...seems weird) and tell them my dilemma. We go to the customer service desk, and since no one works in that main office on weekends I am told to check back on Monday, but they make a copy of my bill to get right on it early Monday morning.
Fortunately, some nice lady called me this morning to inform me that I had, in fact, been charged twice, and that my card had been run through twice! I remembered actually doing that on that day, ironically enough. So I tell her I only signed one receipt and she tells me there were records of two there!!! INTERESTING!!! Anyhow, she gladly credited my account, and now I have a negative balance on said credit card.....HMMMM, I AM HEARING MARSHALL'S CALLING ME TO CHECK OUT THE SALES RACKS TODAY!!!

Now I know you thinking, Kimmie, you need to save your receipts every month like Dad told you...(right!), but this would not have even mattered in this case as I still would have had only one to show. So, ladies, next time you are asked to "please run your card through again" be aware of the possibilities, and check those statements!
Oh, and one other thing...at Walmart, when you write out a check for over the amount, be sure to get your money! I had some wily chick who tried to just hand me my receipt and give me the bum's rush when I had written my check for 10 bucks more....funny thing is, she still had the cash drawer open when she handed me my receipt....in other words, that 10 bucks was gonna be hers if I left! Nice world we live in!!!

Ok...I am off to shop!!! Come on Deed...get on the stick and write something....that IS your job isn't it??? hahaha

Kymmie in the Gymmie