Kansas Gas Station Forced Customer To Pay Twice

A gas station in Kansas sold $85.11 to a customer over the weekend. She paid with a MasterCard; which, she was told, was declined. So she settled the transaction with her Visa. After getting back into her vehicle, she called the bank through which her MasterCard line of credit is extended to find out why her card was declined. Imagine her surprise when she was told that the transaction was not declined at all, but approved, and had already been paid! The customer service representative told her to go back inside the gas station and request that the transaction be voided and her money credited.

The customer went back inside and told the clerk about the phone call to the bank. The clerk insisted, despite the bank's claim that the sale was approved, that the sale had been declined. The clerk also claimed that she "did not know" how to credit a transaction! The customer then requested that she call her supervisor to resolve the conflict of having been forced to pay twice. The supervisor got the number of the bank from the customer and promised to call the bank. A few minutes later, the customer called him back, and he said that he had called the bank and that he had been told that the transaction did not go through. Then, he told the customer that he would not "pay" her anything, and asked her if she "scammed money off credit cards for a living"!

Meanwhile, back at the bank, the customer was later told that the supervisor had never called. So....at this writing, it quite looks as if he lied. A customer was forced to pay twice for her a purchase of $85.11, and then accused of "scamming credit cards for a living". This city in Kansas prides itself on being a quaint small town with a friendly atmosphere, by the way. An accusation of theft to an honest person certainly does not qualify as "friendly", and the whole interaction, from an approved purchase being reported as declined, and twice as much money extorted as was actually owed very much reeks of credit card fraud and possibly of identity theft.

The FBI has a special unit to assist victims of credit card fraud and identity theft; the link is here:http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/victim_assistance/fincrime_vic. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission keeps a record of each and every complaint received. While it does not get involved in conflict resolution, it watches for patterns of practices, such as telling customers that approved credit cards have been declined and double billing and double charging customers. This could easily have been a deliberate attempt to scan as many credit cards, for information on magnetic strips, as possible, during a day's time.

Brad Cook Missing From Olathe, Kansas

Brad Cook is missing from Olathe, Kansas, and was reported missing by his family when he didn't come home on October 20. In today's world, three days is a long time to let one's email and facebook go unchecked, and to abstain from making phone calls or using one's credit cards or bank account. If you know have any information concerning Brad's whereabouts, please call the Johnson County Kansas Sheriff's Department at the number on the poster above.

 

Debbie Bradley Thinks The Police Should Do More

For once, that oversized piglet in Missouri, named Debbie Bradley, whose ten month old daughter disappeared on either October 3 or October 4 of last year, said something that I think is true. She got on national television the day before yesterday and whined, among other drama ridden statements, that the "police aren't doing enough"! It seems that after ten month old Lisa Irwin disappeared, Jeremy Irwin's (Lisa's dad) credit card disappeared, as well. $69.00 was charged to at a stationary store. But here's the twisted part of all this: Joe Tacopina, Jeremy's lawyer, got on TV with Piggie and Jeremy and, with a straight face, agreed with Jeremy that someone used it at a website to change someone's name! As if! Cha.....sorry Jeremy, but it costs a lot more than $69.00 to change someone's name. And "websites" don't offer that service; courthouses offer that service. Upon closer examination of this "website", it was discovered that only stationary was offered, not illegal name changing services. Geesh! Perhaps Debbie the Pig knows where the stolen credit card went, along with knowing where the baby went. Perhaps. Ya gotta admit, Jeremy, she seems like the type.

As for the police "not doing enough", I resent that! Jeremy Irwin and his live-in, Debbie Bradley, have taken public funds for searches that have gone absolutely nowhere, yet when the police wish to speak with either of them alone, the answer is always "no". The FBI is also looking for Lisa. Debbie is right, the police are not doing enough! By treating Jeremy and his girlfriend as if they were a married couple and allowing them to refuse to give individual statements, they have, in essence, not done enough. So there you have it; the fat piglet said something with which I can actually agree.

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Ok, Jeremy........THIS is what a real parent who loves his child does; just click on this link. A real parent who loves his child also never leaves his child in the care of someone like Debbie Bradley. From dropping out of high school to choosing booze over the antipsychotic meds that would have rendered her slightly sane but still not very smart, her choices do not reflect any concern for her children, or yours.