I'm kind of mad about something. Last night on the way home from work, my mom said we needed gas (we were in her car). We stopped, and I used a credit card...I think it was about $24 worth or something like that. I closed the transaction by hitting ''no' on the gas pump screen when prompted whether I wanted a receipt or not. Because I check stuff online and usually never get a receipt. Well, I checked the still-pending charge today (the next day)...and it says $65.00.
How could this have happened? My mom has a Ford Escort ZX2...it already had a quarter of a tank of gas or a little more, when we stopped for a fill-up. It holds about $45 max, I'd say. Definitely not $65.00 by any means, and my charge was not an 'even' number. It was something like $24.52.
I plan on calling my credit card company tomorrow and addressing this, to see if I can get the entire transaction or even just the part I didn't get voided off from my credit card. It's the only transaction on there...I just got the card several months ago. Could the workers at the store have charged me extra somehow, even after I closed the sale at the pump? I know that they have some admin control over the pumps, prices, etc. Suggestions/comments? I think I'm going to request a new card/account number for that particular credit card, just in case...when I call to try to get this transaction dealt with and reversed, if possible. It's a Bank of America American Express Accelerated Rewards credit card.
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