That’s a really fucked up system. Sorry you have to deal with that shit. Over here the banks don’t get a say in how much the hold is for, merchant requests a £40 hold, bank holds £40 until the transaction’s closed. End of.
I’m in Australia so it isn’t as bad as the image, but 24h pending time for a purchase is fairly normal here. Anything that isn’t direct person to person seems to have some kind of wait to it, although if I directly pay a friend 100 it’s instant.
Unless it’s a weekend, then they might hold it until monday (or even tuesday). I work in a petrol station in the UK and we have a sticker a bit like the one in the post on our pumps, but no-one ever seems to read it (or any of the health and safety signs, for that matter).
It might mostly be the banks, but I know of one gas station near me that hits that max hold, and then seconds after I’m done filling, the charge quickly switches to 30 or so dollars I put in. Whereas the other gas station that hold stayed there for almost a day. My guess is intermediary card processors play a part as well. I also learned place number 2 sells fake BIC lighters, so I don’t go there anymore.
Holy shit. That’s fucking ridiculous.
$175 hold for up to 72 hours? Fuck that shit right out of here.
Welcome to banks, some of them just suck.
That’s a really fucked up system. Sorry you have to deal with that shit. Over here the banks don’t get a say in how much the hold is for, merchant requests a £40 hold, bank holds £40 until the transaction’s closed. End of.
I’m in Australia so it isn’t as bad as the image, but 24h pending time for a purchase is fairly normal here. Anything that isn’t direct person to person seems to have some kind of wait to it, although if I directly pay a friend 100 it’s instant.
Unless it’s a weekend, then they might hold it until monday (or even tuesday). I work in a petrol station in the UK and we have a sticker a bit like the one in the post on our pumps, but no-one ever seems to read it (or any of the health and safety signs, for that matter).
It’s a good job the kind of person who doesn’t read safety signs isn’t handling explosives. /sarcasm
It’s to curb gas theft. They’re making sure you can fill the RV before you fill the RV.
It might mostly be the banks, but I know of one gas station near me that hits that max hold, and then seconds after I’m done filling, the charge quickly switches to 30 or so dollars I put in. Whereas the other gas station that hold stayed there for almost a day. My guess is intermediary card processors play a part as well. I also learned place number 2 sells fake BIC lighters, so I don’t go there anymore.
That’s normal. Although here it’s usually £100. Which is good because my card caps out at £100 daily