I had the Platinum Card, and have always thought of myself as a reasonable tipper (then, doesn't everybody, whether he gives $1 or 25%? -- both of which I have done occasionally). But while deployed, I didn't pay my bill. Came back to find that they had cancelled my card over $487 unpaid. I paid the bill, of course, but they didn't reinstate the card. After all, I was a deadbeat with a bill that went unpaid for months. I called and explain the situation.
"What, you want a break just cause you're in the Army?"
Well, when you put it that way, it does seem very unreasonable of me, doesn't it?
So, when people ask if they can pay me with the American Express Card, I politely decline. Sorry about that, my business doesn't take it any more. My goal is to cost them a thousand times that $487 before I am finished.
I'm still trying to figure out how to handle my personal finances when I deploy again.
d.o.l.
Criminal Number 18F