Kentucky Fried Finances

[West River rat]

Originally Posted by parrot lvr

This happened to a friend of mine last week at Taco Bell,the cashier ran her debit card 3 times for the same order,when my friend descovered what happened she called corperate office and they said well these things happen and they couldnt do anything about it....boy was my friend mad she said she will never go back there!

Tell your friend to call Taco Bell back and insist they correct the charge. If they refuse turn them into the FBI for wire fraud. Then take them to court and sue for punitive damages as well as actual damages.

[SDGrad]

Originally Posted by West River rat

Tell your friend to call Taco Bell back and insist they correct the charge. If they refuse turn them into the FBI for wire fraud. Then take them to court and sue for punitive damages as well as actual damages.

All you have to do is go to where you bank and fill out a fraud form and list the transactions not authorized by yourself. Not only will this get you your money back, but it will help shed some light on this screw up so the proper authorities can dole out the proper punishment. Whoever processes these transactions for KFC(prolly a local bank) with the local federal reserve will be the first in line to make the change, assuming the credit card company didn't double up the charges, and also the first in line for blame. If they make a change to return the money then it should return to all associated banks and credit the proper accounts.

Like Jabby said, PCI compliance covers this but PCI compliance is not mandatory. It is basically a fail safe that says if a company meets those standards then they can't be held liable if something happens. If you are not up to these standards, you will be fined b/c you didn't take the most basic measures to keep this information safe. Staying up with PCI standards doesn't necessarily mean nothing bad can happen. Those standards will never keep up with even the brightest criminals.

All in all, talk to your bank and they will handle it for you.

[boomer]

Originally Posted by Hambone

No link.

Check your bank account. In Watertown, KFC is re-charging your account for any puchases this year if you used a cash card/debit card. I had four purchases billed to my account this morning. Even though it's an obvious error, the bank says they can't do anything, KFC has to take care of it on their end.

Just a heads-up.

KFC customer service: 541-273-4639

thanks man..i did notice this..however it was only 2.30...what the hell?

[A.Nony.Mous]

Just an update:

I was told when this first happened that I would have a refund to my account within a few days, a week at most.

I'm still waiting.

Somehow I'm not surprised either.

[Anti-Stupid]

I don't even care, I'm going to sue KFC even though I wasn't effected by this botched finance fundango.

[Jabby]

Originally Posted by A.Nony.Mous

Just an update:

I was told when this first happened that I would have a refund to my account within a few days, a week at most.

I'm still waiting.

Somehow I'm not surprised either.

Umm, if it were my money I would be in that store on the phone and I would have my money back. LOL, why are you pissing around with them? Get yer damn money back!

[Cheri]

Has anyone gotten their money back? My daughter was assured she would. Now she received a letter that she has to fill out another complaint letter and send it in and that the company that handled the credit card charges, does not think there is anything they can do. She used a debit card she gets from the state for her child support. By the way, a debit card does not give you the same protection that a credit card does.

[SilentBob]

There is a very simple solution to problems like this. Pay with cash, and you'll never be double or triple charged. Credit and debit cards or writing checks should be for larger purchases, put some cash in your pocket to pay for the little things. Is it that hard to carry around a little bit of cash to cover expenses less than 50 or 100 dollars?

[dirtfarmer]

Originally Posted by SilentBob

There is a very simple solution to problems like this. Pay with cash, and you'll never be double or triple charged. Credit and debit cards or writing checks should be for larger purchases, put some cash in your pocket to pay for the little things. Is it that hard to carry around a little bit of cash to cover expenses less than 50 or 100 dollars?

Amen!

[pempty]

I have spent a good amount of time traveling and as such, I get asked a lot of questions and make a lot of observations. 1. if you ever use your credit card and the guy runs it through and turns it over appears to be sending a text message, odds are that they are photographing the credit card number and security number. beware.

2. Pay cash when possible.

3. Keep all credit card numbers and the phone numbers to report lost or stolen cards on you but separate from your wallet.

This is the off topic part. I had a japanese associate ask me a question once. We happened to be at the kongo klub at the time...His question...What is the difference between "lamb" and "mutton"...I said...when you come to the Kongo, you expect lamb...but you get mutton.

regards:

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