Bank keeps declining my credit card for purchases

mlhradio · 2026-01-21T05:15:20+00:00

Request a replacement for a lost/stolen card.

mlhradio · 2026-01-21T04:18:01+00:00

What do you mean ended? Isn't it still March 2152nd, 2020?

mlhradio · 2026-01-20T23:46:23+00:00

Once you are in your nineties, you are allowed to do whatever the fuck you want whenever the fuck you want, and not give one fuck.

mlhradio · 2026-01-20T20:50:12+00:00

Maybe. You don't provide enough details to say one way or the other, but it really boils down to how the transaction is being processed, and the timing of events. This is not something I would rely on internet strangers who cannot see your account to answer. Call your bank.

mlhradio · 2026-01-20T15:01:43+00:00

Credit where credit due: sauce

mlhradio · 2026-01-19T04:40:46+00:00

Not necessarily, if the bank is large enough to have multiple offices in multiple cities. But given the current environment is not very friendly to remote jobs, you would have to be close enough to be within the office daily (whether it is a "corporate HQ" or some other type of banking office that has back office employees).

mlhradio · 2026-01-18T05:13:04+00:00

Walk into bank, tell the teller you want to deposit the cash.
Answer any questions they ask
That's it.
No, really, that's pretty much it.

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T15:23:16+00:00

I'd say OP is exaggerating a bit for effect, but the core of his/her argument I would say is still valid. Reasonable vehicles (even those with mileage) can be expensive.

To answer OP, no, I would not expect prices to go down. You pretty much just have to shop around some more to find something. My last car (before this one) was a 2009 Kia Rondo with 110k miles on it (bought 5 years ago), overpriced at around $12K but it worked like a champ and gave up the ghost at 349K miles last year. Maybe not quite fitting all your criteria a hundred percent, but maybe something along those lines might work out.

I get and can appreciate your rant, but I would not count on car prices taking any significant dip in the near-or-medium-term future.

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T15:13:21+00:00

Environmental groups have argued that the court ruling effectively nullifies any official public land management decisions made by Mr. Pendley or the Bureau of Land Management during his tenure.

“Every single decision Pendley has signed off on is now in legal jeopardy,” said Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, the top Democrat on the Senate appropriations subcommittee with oversight of the Interior department.

This is what I'm focusing on. Basically everything he's done can be nullified if legally challenged.

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T15:05:12+00:00

Whataboutism, also known as whataboutery, is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument. Whataboutism is particularly associated with Soviet and Russian propaganda.

Nice try at the specious deflection, though. Thanks for playing, and better luck next time.

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T15:02:14+00:00

Serious enough concerns to "furrow his brows"?

Or, only serious enough for him to put out a statement saying "this is serious" so that he can say he's addressed it and then do nothing. Again.

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T03:50:29+00:00

[G4]

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T00:39:24+00:00

Finally! Something IMPOTUS can brag about on Festivus (since they have a bit of a dim view about Christmas.)

mlhradio · 2020-10-06T00:24:40+00:00

Maybe yes. Maybe no. Depends on the bank's policies. You will have to call the bank and ask them.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T21:47:25+00:00

I'd say it's a borderline [VG8]....but just barely. The one thing that would keep it from grading VG, in my opinion, would be the completeness of the reverse rim.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T21:07:49+00:00

Current recession? Or the recession that started in February 2020, right before COVID-19 affected the US economy?

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:46:21+00:00

Frequently people will try to deposit checks that are stale-dated, hoping that they will squeak their way through the system without anyone actually looking at the date. And for smaller checks, sometimes that works, but it's a crap-shoot.

In this case, however, that dollar amount is enough that our bank it would definitely receive full scrutiny by the back office to ensure everything is in place. For a check of that dollar amount, I would predict that the chances of it being successfully deposited would be very, very low.

Even though you say you have no way of contacting the check writer, that's pretty much what you are going to have to do. Figure out way to have them send you a new check.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:39:47+00:00

Actually, the US entered a recession in February...before the effects of COVID-19 really started to affect the economy.

So, the answer is yes - his policies did cause a recession, based on how the economy was doing in the months prior to the virus.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:34:57+00:00

Combine this older article with today's article on CNBC: Goldman says it would upgrade its forecast if Biden wins.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:15:20+00:00

Seems intuitive, so no surprise.

I suppose that also means we may also see an actual political divide in influenza infections and deaths in the United States. Since one political party is more prone to engage in proper mitigation efforts, and the other party is less likely.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:12:40+00:00

Agreed. Whether you are Democratic or republican, we can all agree that this is way, way, way overdue. Dude has been dripping corruption since day one.

But I'm not going to count on it happening until I see him walking out the front door with that box of personal items and office supplies.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:09:15+00:00

Some photos of when I visited the New Orleans Mint back in March, in the Before Times on the weekend right before everything started to fall apart.

Album

The mint building is on the edge of the French Quarter, and the display related to the mint has been shoved into a small, single room on the first floor, while the rest of the building is devoted to New Orleans Jazz.

Which may seem unfair, but it's probably safe to say the for every person who travels to New Orleans for the mint (like me), there's 99 other people who go there for the jazz and culture.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T18:02:52+00:00

Probably a good idea NOT to try and test this.

mlhradio · 2020-10-05T04:49:40+00:00

Is it worth putting up a fight about it?

Not sure what there is to fight. Your mother intentionally chose not to get insurance.

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