[newzjunkey]

there is a procedure. there are store-specific paper vouchers issued by jp morgan to fill out, there's a phone number to call for merchants to check the card balance at time of transaction. i think someone told me that had been down... but there's also commonly a $50 limit if balance is unknown and the system is down.

it's inefficient and just a royal a pain but i've dealt with this before on the retail side. there was no reason for walmart to just accept this blindly for over an hour other than crowd control and fear of unrest.

[wiggen]

i was not aware of that $50.00 balance rule of thumb. Pretty bonehead move then.