What A Whopper: Man Pays $4334.33 At Burger King

The Indy Channel ^ | 3/28/06 | AP

[Abathar]

I never thought of that on a debit card. Its not that big deal on a credit card, but losing your checking account money would be a major pain.

[thoughtomator]

That's why if you use a debit card you keep in the account only the money you are willing to spend on it, and keep the rest of your money in another account.

[yldstrk]

That is the problem with checkers who can't do decimals.

[fredhead]

Ding fries are done

http://www.americanangst.com/dingfries.html

[Salgak]

Something is odd here. . . most debit cards have a daily limit, typically $1000.00. . .

[Ma3lst0rm]

This kind of thing happens occasionally. I remember one incident where a cashier entered in a social security number as the value of a check. A friend of mine did have a big hassle with a bank; they gave her starter checks for a different account than she opened. All the checks bounced as her pay continued to be deposited into her real account. What amazed me though is the bank drug their feet on taking responsibility for the mix-up and paying the bounced check fees.

[clee1]

They must have wanted fries with that.

[Gay State Conservative]

Same thing happened to me a few years back at a Towers Records store.Some creature with about 30 piercings and 20 tattoos (it *was* Boston,after all) rang up my $14 sale as $14,000.

[Abathar]

"Something is odd here. . . most debit cards have a daily limit, typically $1000.00. . ."

That's what I thought too, its why I was surprised when I read this story. My credit cards I carry only have a $500 dollar limit, the big ones I leave in my safe for emergencies. I better check my debit card limits, I don't like having a chance for a mistake that big.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Wow. Where's the beef? bwahahahahahaha!

[stubernx98]

I never understood why anybody would want a debit card. If you use a credit card and pay it off every month, then you get to use somebody else's money for a month.

Oh I get it, no discipline.

[ThinkDifferent]

Its not that big deal on a credit card, but losing your checking account money would be a major pain.

Right. I've yet to see any reason to use a debit card rather than a credit card.

[Millee]

I thought this was going to be a Michael Moore goes to lunch story.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

keep the rest of your money in another account.

In another bank. I put $200 a week into a "grocery account", pays for groceries and such, but it can never get me into trouble. (My company's direct deposit allows puting money into up to four different accounts.)

[BlueStateDepression]

But hey, they are just doing jobs American's won't do.....

[RichardW]

I've had a ton of credit cards but never a debit card. I don't see the sense of them. And I don't anticipate ever having one. What advantages are there? I see none.

[freebird5850]

I think it's dumb to buy burgers on debit. Here they charge and extra $1.50 to use debit.

[Abathar]

No, its easier than checks are, and faster. I don't carry much cash but don't like to feed VISA 2% of what I buy so they can give cards to anyone with a pulse and ruin their lives.

[BlueStateDepression]

Advantage: A debit card does not allow you to spend money that you do not have. That is a very good thing for some people.

[thoughtomator]

For many, not using a credit card IS discipline. You can't be tempted to spend more than you have if you don't have such an easy way to do so.