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January 05, 2006
Using "Gift Cards" in restaurants - BEWARE!
They debit an additional 20% if you don't "leave a tip" on your charge!
My routine is to charge only the meal on the card, and pay the tip in cash. I did this last night.
Today I got online and looked at the list of transactions charged to the gift card and noticed that the restaurant charge amount was not correct. I telephoned the restaurant and asked them to check their charges, they did, and called me back with the correct amount.
I called the bank that issued the gift card to ask them what gives? Then they told me about this plus-20% practice. They assured me that the 20% would be credited back to my gift card "in a couple, but up to eight days." Bastards!
Gift Cards are a nuisance! Give cold-hard instead!
Posted by nezbitthecat at January 5, 2006 05:28 PM
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Jebus. I'm all for tipping well, but forcing gratuities is going a little too far. Oh, and by the way - turns out you were right about my blogging more with my new job. Rob said to me the other day, "You're blogging like a madwoman, aren't you?". Well it was something about being a madwoman, anyway. I'll have to make you a trophy or something. ;-)Posted by: pie at January 6, 2006 01:52 AM
Keep up the madness! Maybe Rob will surprise you with plane tickets to London and we can get together and have tea in Richmond next Fall.Posted by: Nez ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.nezbitthecat.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 6, 2006 09:40 AM
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