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I was at an Albertson's a couple of years ago buying some groceries...I got up to the checkout line and the little swipe-it-yourself thing was broken so I gave the lady my debit card for her to swipe on her register. She told me it was rejected. I was shocked. I knew there was enough to cover what I was buying, although I wouldn't be leaving myself much in the account after that. She was a real b**** about it so I just took my card and went down the street to Spencer's Market and bought the same stuff. Card worked fine.
Well I go to the ATM the next day and it says I don't have the funds to pull out a little cash. Wierd...so I walk over to the bank. I'm overdrawn. Albertson's had charged me for the stuff even though they said my card was rejected. So I paid for the same groceries at two different stores.
I was livid....after getting documentation from the bank about their mistake the fine folks at Albertson's gave me a $25 gift card for my trouble. The overdraw charge was $30 so it didn't really make me feel much better.
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