Posted on 06/07/2011 4:13:01 AM PDT by beachn4fun
The next day the same charges, for the same amounts were ‘pending’ my checking account under the second store’s name. And the balance of those charges taken out of my account, even though they were ‘pending’ charges.
Debit card? When you use a paper check thee sorts of things never happen. You have the paper check as proof of payment.
(I have a problem with giving someone permission to go into my account and take money with me signing for each instance.)
Most all the cities in Texas are taking the red light cameras down or disabling them. BUT, not Austin and Round Rock. They are both installing them and will be turned on in mid summer. Those are nothing but revenue streams for the cities.
There is one on highway 79 in Hutto and I often go through that intersection. I’ve seen several rear end collisions there. If I see the light turn yellow, I will stop, especially it there is a FARM TRUCK license plates on the vehicle in front of me.
A couple of weeks ago we were on a toll road to save a bunch of time. There was a pickup from Kansas going down the road, and I know he did not have a TX Tag on his vehicle. It can be paid via mail with an additional 10%, but I don’t know if Texas will send a bill to another state.
Take it easy on DH. He’s still recuperating from his recent lobotomy.
No paper ticket. This notice had a picture online of my infracture. Similar to the redlight cameras.
And, as I said, never got ANY ticket just the “final notice.”
ROTFLOL
Similar thing happened to me. I made a deposit and the clerk at the bank transposed numbers. She typed in my account number for the deposit amount. I called the bank the next day, and they said that the clerk had caught the mistake when she cleared her day out at the end of her shift. I bet she was a surprised as I was. I kept that deposit ticket for many years showing that I once had 3/4 mil in my bank account, if only for a few hours!
one happy note to this saga...
I called the Town of Forest Heights again and asked what happened to the “hold” they were suppose to put on my record to allow time to get payment, etc. Guy looked up record and said it showed payment and that the flag had been removed and therefore I did not have to pay the MVA fee.
I wrote all this down on the MVA letter - just in case.
And when they took them down in Houston, accidents went down 16% !!
That explains why I can get a red light camera ticket for being 0.00001 seconds too late crossing, yet, nothing is done about the welfare larvae hood rats that vandalize neighborhoods around here.
Yet violent crime seems to never go down...only crap that generates revenue, like enforcing an arbitrarily determined number that says how fast you can drive.
Checks do provide more conclusive proof of payment.
However, since so many bounce these days, fewer places take them.
I think more accidents are caused by people knowing about the cameras, and then SLAMMING their brakes as soon as they see yellow, than by letting someone slide through when the light turns red as their rear bumper exits the intersection.
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