$800 RD worth of gas, driver paid with credit card, the receipt was presented with the server holding the paper inplace, told to remove finger.... charge was $1800 RD... Oh sorry it was a mistake !!!! Do not buy gas at this station.
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Beaware when purchasing gas at Estacion SUNIX, Downtown Punta Cana
I use to always pay for gas with a credit card .....maybe cash is wiser
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The risks of going around with lots of cash are much higher.
Continue to pay with credit card but follow your card and verify your purchase as the OP did. You may even get out of the car when you give your credit card so the person knows you are following the transaction. This advice applies for any purchase, anywhere in the world.
See more tips about gasoline station fraud:
http://www.gobankingrates.com/credit-cards/5-tried-true-strategies-protecting-credit-card-gas-pump/
Continue to pay with credit card but follow your card and verify your purchase as the OP did. You may even get out of the car when you give your credit card so the person knows you are following the transaction. This advice applies for any purchase, anywhere in the world.
See more tips about gasoline station fraud:
http://www.gobankingrates.com/credit-cards/5-tried-true-strategies-protecting-credit-card-gas-pump/
When purchasing gasoline, choose only gas stations that have been renovated, you can tell because they look brand new. Sunix gas stations are all new because the brand is relatively new. The scam used above is probably because the attendant discovered that many buyers were distracted, foreigners unlikely to come back and claim, people from outside town. Bottom line, let the attendant know you are closely following the transaction step by step.
I hate cash, I never have any. The reason? I'm married!!! LOL.
I like using my BHD debit card though. Every time I use it, I get a text message on my phone as soon as it's passed through the verifone. I always act surprised when i get it an usually show the vendor the message with the amount that was debited. Hopefully it will educate people that these scams will be on the decline.
My wife also has a card on the same account. I also get a message whenever she uses it....which is nice!
I like using my BHD debit card though. Every time I use it, I get a text message on my phone as soon as it's passed through the verifone. I always act surprised when i get it an usually show the vendor the message with the amount that was debited. Hopefully it will educate people that these scams will be on the decline.
My wife also has a card on the same account. I also get a message whenever she uses it....which is nice!
At a restaurant recently, the fellow in front charged his meal.... and watched his phone.
The charge came through wrong.
He showed to the clerk and they tried to fix it... a system error, it appeared to be.
They wound up calling the bank....
I interrupted, paid cash and left.... never saw the end of it.
But watching the phone is the thing to do
The charge came through wrong.
He showed to the clerk and they tried to fix it... a system error, it appeared to be.
They wound up calling the bank....
I interrupted, paid cash and left.... never saw the end of it.
But watching the phone is the thing to do
Last week I stepped into Caribe Express office to change just $40.00. 45.4 for the exchange rate. The girl gave me 1616 pesos and I said it should be 1816. She started to argue with me and a Dominican man behind me said to her that she had shorted me by 200 pesos and she coughed it up without further ado!
Pulled into Isla gas in POP to refill the rental car before drop off. Gave the attendent $800RD. After he filled the car he said I only gave him $700RD. I passed him another $100 pesos and learned an inexpensive lesson. Keep the cash until the gas is in and check the pump to make sure it's cleared to zero and its regular gas, not premium.
i have an extension of miesposo's CC. he receives messages when i perform a transaction over certain value. i rarely use cash and petrol is always purchased with a card too. i only go to one or two stations in the city that have been "approved" by miesposo. never a problem so far. but then i probably put petrol in my jeep once every two months and often i just tell him to do it.
I always get out of my truck when buying gas plus if i do use a cc I always but a $ right next to the number on the left leaving NO space to add even a 1. Like this $450.
Only use a card with a "chip"...swiped cards can be cloned by the card processing center, but "chip" cards change the code every time the card is used, thus preventing cloning. Make sure the attendant puts your card into the chip reader and doesn't swipe it on the machine. The processing center in Santo Domingo is rife with deadbeats and swindlers, who won't bat an eye at cloning your card # for their own and friends use.
What? And put all those "reformed"criminals out of work? Sounds very un-Dominican to me....:smoke: