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Styrofoam
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helping complete strangers?

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a couple needed 3 tuxedos, but can only pay with a check.. they need them tomorrow... I do not know them... we require a credit card payment for rush orders

i offered to use my credit card to pay for their rentals, if they'd write their check out to me.... was that stupid of me?

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Very. Hope they aren't conning you. Should have told them to go cash a check.

Sounds like a classic con imo.
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yeah, me too, except there were 8 people...they seem like a good bunch...and honestly, i'm usually good at knowing people. sure i've been burned a few times, but i am a relatively good judge of character...

anyhow, they declined my help...said they'd make it on their own.

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Just remember, check fruad is the number one con in america. If i owned a bussiness i wouldnt even accept them. And i certainly wouldnt if i was just you.
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RoamingMadness wrote:Just remember, check fruad is the number one con in america. If i owned a bussiness i wouldnt even accept them. And i certainly wouldnt if i was just you.
Working for a small business I can speak to the fact that accepting checks and sometimes dealing with a bounced check is far cheaper then paying the credit card companies for doing transactions and the second phone line etc.
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