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Old 12-28-2005, 04:37 PM  
rowan
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keyser Soze
It happens because the restaurant place a pending charge on your account to make sure you have the funds in your account. Then when they run the charge they are supposed to drop the pending charge. Unfortunately not everyone does this and thats when this situation occurs.
I still don't get it. I've finished my dinner, I have the bill in my hand and I'm paying on the way out. It's a fixed, known amount. Why would they need to do a pre-auth when the transaction is approved on the spot?

My card was only swiped once.
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