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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 3184309, member: 24091&quot;]This all came about as the result of fraudulent charges on my HSBC MasterCard yesterday.&nbsp; I had travelled to Philadelphia to attend the ANA Convention, and then last week a bogus charge appeared from my hotel (Le Meridien) that I stayed at for $63.&nbsp; I called the hotel, and they claimed it was for mini bar and room service.&nbsp; I don&#039;t drink, and even if I did, why would a charge be posted 11 days after I checked-out?&nbsp; Contacted HSBC and contested the charge. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then yesterday, while I was the Long Beach Show, I got a text telling me that HSBC had detected suspicious activity on my card, and asked if I had made a purchase at Walmart in Philadelphia earlier in the day. I replied NO, and that shut the card down.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got home last night, I went online to see what charges were on there, and the fraudulent charge wasn&#039;t there.&nbsp; Neither were charges for the Queen Mary in Long Beach where I stayed the night before the show.&nbsp; Also noticed nothing there for the US Mint, which really got me concerned since they had already sent me a shipping confirmation email.&nbsp; That&#039;s when I called HSBC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the card had been used all up and down the east coast yesterday, they had deleted the transactions, and when I asked about the other legitimate charges, they said they will still show-up in a few days.&nbsp; When I asked specifically about the US Mint to insure the charge was in progress (that they wouldn&#039;t be turned away if the mint tried to submit and process a payment for it next week), HSBC said the charge was already there pending at HSBC, and that there were two charges for the identical amount!&nbsp; They advised me to contact the mint.&nbsp; Since the card is now shut down, beats me how a credit is supposed to be issued.&nbsp; Maybe I will get two coins, who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I will tell you this, I have had so many problems with credit cards this year that I am about ready to convert back to barter.&nbsp; My Capital One Visa has been suspended 4 times in less than a year because of &quot;suspicious&quot; activity, in each case genuine legitimate transactions.&nbsp; The hoops I have to go through to get it turned back on are maddening.&nbsp; I am one of those lucky guys who get to do coins full-time for a living, including international travel, but the logistics of it makes me sometimes wonder if I should bring an ox and a couple sheep every time I check-in to a hotel to offer a barter payment in lieu of credit card. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Here you go!&nbsp; Your pick!&nbsp; The ox, or the pair of sheep!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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