And just in case y'all haven't been keeping up with the latest point-of-purchase scams...

[Ace-Garageguy]

 

[Mark]

I don't know why anyone would use a debit card.  You just don't get all of the protection you would get with a credit card.

That said, I ran into another scam of sorts at Lowe's earlier today.  Went in to pick up a 40 volt battery leaf blower.  I wanted that one because it uses the same battery as the lawnmower and weed whacker I already have.

Lowe's (Kobalt, their in-store brand) doesn't seal their cartons with those round pieces of clear tape like everyone else seems to do.  Like most if not all of their battery garden tools, the leaf blower comes with a battery charger and one battery.  Some dirt bag buying one of the 40 volt garden tools apparently cracked open another item to help themselves to a second battery, slipping it into the item they bought.  

And I actually went back and forth, should I check this thing before I leave the store?  Lesson learned after a quick trip back to the store.

[Ace-Garageguy]

12 minutes ago, Mark said:

I don't know why anyone would use a debit card.  You just don't get all of the protection you would get with a credit card.

Simply because, in a world that wasn't eaten up with more scumbucket dirtbag scammers every day, you didn't need to remember to pay a debit card off every month to avoid interest.

[Horrorshow]

About two years ago we switched to paying in cash only.