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Trucking hell: Kid leaves dad in monster debt after buying oversized vehicle on eBay

BillG
WTF?

"Suscicious Activity"?

A few years ago, I had a credit card I typically used for the usual household items and computer equipment. One day I used it at a household appliance store for a purchase much larger than I'd even used it for. The store got a notice back that the card wasn't declined, but I had to call a number to verify the purchase. The reason was the purchase was so many thousands of $$$ more than I'd normally used the card for it counted as "suspicious activity".

I'm surprised PayPal doesn't have a similar system for fraud prevention.

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