Sounds fishy since you make it sound like the online vendor got paid twice
for the same tickets. If so the vendor should issue you a credit and the
matter would be resolved. If the vendor refused to issue a credit and has
no good reason for that position you might consider canceling the BofA
credit card and not paying the bill. That might force BofA to reconsider
their actions and put pressure on the vendor, but it might also cause you
credit rating problems. There is no way I would pay twice for the same
tickets so I would fight them both.

Regards

Bill Wood



"dkzzzz" <dkzzzz[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I purchased bus tickets through international web site that belongs to
largest transportation company in Scandinavia. The Bank of America
idiots immediately blocked my card from all transactions. I went to
local office. They told me that I have no pending transactions and my
card is blocked from use for my own protection...Ironic isn't it? Since
my liability is 0 the only thing they protecting is themselves. But
there is no protection from stupidity, alas.
I was advised to call 2 diff. numbers to remove the block form my
Checking account. After 1 hour of waiting and talking it was
accomplished. It took me 2 days to sort this mess out which I never
created to begin with. Then imagine my surprise that after 3 days and
without ever showing up in my online statement i got a charge for one
ticket and then 8 days later another charge comes through for the
second one.... I already secured tickets using my other credit card at
that point. So I called Bank of America asking what gives? Why they
letting charges to come through if they blocked them in a first place.
Imagine all double talk and BS that i had to listen from 4 diff. people
and then fill out dispute documents and wait for almost a month.
What is the result? I paid twice for my tickets and Bank of America is
not responsible for anything. Lovely.

To recoup:

BoA blocks all transactions.

All transactions removed from pending queue and never show up there
again.

3 days later one transaction comes through.

8 days later second transaction comes through.

Bank of America denies ever doing anything wrong.

Bank of America tells me that the whole situation is between me and a
online merchant????!!!

Stay the hell away from these monkeys.