Does this make sense

hockeyjunkie99 · 10-25-2007, 07:29 PM

I need went to put some gas in my car this morning. Just enough to make it to work and back home. I pay at the pump and used my PayPal Debit card. I put $10.01. The day goes buy and I get home. I go online to see if a card I sold was paid for and it was. I went to my paypal account to check my funds and I see a transaction from 7 Eleven for $10.01(that was ok). The transaction was "completed." Then I look at the transaction below it and there is a "pending" transaction for $85.00. WTF!?!?!?!? I call the 7 Eleven up and told them what I saw and they said that when you make a debit purchase outside at the pump there is going to be a hold on your account for $85.00. Does that make sense to anyone??? How can there be a hold on a debit account when the money is transferred right away?

iluvfish2 · 10-25-2007, 08:14 PM

This is standard...same thing with Hotel rooms (but there is 250.00). On the flip side of it, thanks to my Cabelas Visa, I can only put $50 in my tank if I pay at the pump (@ 3/gallon and a 25 gallon tank you can do the math that I'm only getting 2/3rd of a tank).

hockeyjunkie99 · 10-25-2007, 08:18 PM

What if I didn't have enough funds to cover the $85? Would that make me get an over the limit fee??

wolffer12 · 10-25-2007, 08:58 PM

I would like to know the answer to that question as well. I use my debit a lot and I have always wondered that

hockeyjunkie99 · 10-25-2007, 09:02 PM

$85 for $10 is a big difference in a hold. I use my debit card to pay off my cell phone bill which is $70 and there is a $1 hold and thats gone by the next day. I wonder how long it will be before the hold clears.

iluvfish2 · 10-25-2007, 09:02 PM

wife says no (accountant for credit union here in Lansing)(, but it might limit additional transactions until that $$ is released.

hockeyjunkie99 · 10-25-2007, 09:04 PM

yeah...like my payement for sportskings that is due tomorrow

10-25-2007, 07:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 5,438 iTrader: (65 / 100%) hockeyjunkie99	Does this make sense I need went to put some gas in my car this morning. Just enough to make it to work and back home. I pay at the pump and used my PayPal Debit card. I put $10.01. The day goes buy and I get home. I go online to see if a card I sold was paid for and it was. I went to my paypal account to check my funds and I see a transaction from 7 Eleven for $10.01(that was ok). The transaction was "completed." Then I look at the transaction below it and there is a "pending" transaction for $85.00. WTF!?!?!?!? I call the 7 Eleven up and told them what I saw and they said that when you make a debit purchase outside at the pump there is going to be a hold on your account for $85.00. Does that make sense to anyone??? How can there be a hold on a debit account when the money is transferred right away? __________________ NICK-What should I collect now???? checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

10-25-2007, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 5,438 iTrader: (65 / 100%) hockeyjunkie99	What if I didn't have enough funds to cover the $85? Would that make me get an over the limit fee?? __________________ NICK-What should I collect now???? checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

10-25-2007, 09:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 5,438 iTrader: (65 / 100%) hockeyjunkie99	$85 for $10 is a big difference in a hold. I use my debit card to pay off my cell phone bill which is $70 and there is a $1 hold and thats gone by the next day. I wonder how long it will be before the hold clears. __________________ NICK-What should I collect now???? checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

10-25-2007, 09:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
hockeyjunkie99 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL Posts: 5,438 iTrader: (65 / 100%) hockeyjunkie99	yeah...like my payement for sportskings that is due tomorrow __________________ NICK-What should I collect now???? checkoutmycards.com/Users/hockeyjunkie99

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10-25-2007, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
iluvfish2 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 4,719 iTrader: (129 / 100%) iluvfish2	This is standard...same thing with Hotel rooms (but there is 250.00). On the flip side of it, thanks to my Cabelas Visa, I can only put $50 in my tank if I pay at the pump (@ 3/gallon and a 25 gallon tank you can do the math that I'm only getting 2/3rd of a tank).

10-25-2007, 08:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
wolffer12 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: colorado Posts: 850 iTrader: (7 / 89%) wolffer12	I would like to know the answer to that question as well. I use my debit a lot and I have always wondered that

10-25-2007, 09:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
iluvfish2 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 4,719 iTrader: (129 / 100%) iluvfish2	wife says no (accountant for credit union here in Lansing)(, but it might limit additional transactions until that $$ is released.