Tuesday, September 26 2006, 1:09 AM

Ok, I get the dumbass of the day award. I went into my bank today to do all the necessary paperwork for disputing the fradulent charges I found a week or so ago. I filled out the form to get another card sent to me, then I went over to member services to fill out the paperwork to dispute the charges. The lady looked over the charge history for the Meijer that I shop at, which included the questionable charges, and she asks "does that Meijer have a gas station? I see a few $1.00 pre-authorizations here, which normally indicates a charge at the gas pump."

And then it hit me.

I've used that Meijer gas station for gas ever since they closed the Shell by my apartment. I never once made the connection between Meijer and the Meijer gas station during the whole process. Boy, did I ever feel stupid.

A few good things came out of it though. I went ahead and got a new card anyway, since the one I had was pretty ragged, and needed to be replaced. That and not going through a charge-back process that would have ended up with me losing because I did in fact make the charge.

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Tuesday, September 19 2006, 2:23 PM

I called the bank, and they said they would be able to dispute the fraudulent charges if I come in and fill out the necessary paperwork. That's fine, but I still use the bank I've used since I was a wee lad, and it's closest location is about an hour away, by my parents house. That's kind of a drag. I'll probably have to head down there sometime in the week, even though I was planning on heading back to my parents house this weekend. I've got some cash left over from my trip to Chicago this past weekend, but it probably won't last that long.

Awesome.

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Saturday, September 16 2006, 2:30 AM

It looks as though someone has the info for my debit card. There is at least one charge on my card that I didn't make. It was at the Meijer I normally shop at, but I was at home the night it happened. I was talking to people online at the time the transaction was made. I don't see any other suspicious charges on there except the Meijer ones, so I have to believe the culprit is a less-than-honest Meijer employee. The one charge I know I didn't make was only for $37, but that doesn't mean the next one will be small as well. I've moved all the money out of my checking account, and I'll be calling the bank tomorrow.

Fucking people...

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