[geeks] I just got ripped off, and I'm angry!

[gsm at mendelson.com]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:01:02AM -0400, Jonathan J. M. Katz wrote:
>So as some of you know I'm in Montreal for work. I've been here since
>January and will be here through June. Since the weather is nice the city
>has started bicycle rental kiosks. My office is roughly 2km from my hotel, a
>quick bike ride away. So I RTFM last week [
>http://www.bixi.com/subscription-and-fees/ ] and see that for $5 for the day
>and a free for 30 mins or less. I swipe my credit card this AM and ride to
>work. I get an e-mail from my wife, asking why we're overdrawn. Overdrawn?
>Say what?
>
>I was charged $285 CAD for riding the bixi bicycle 2km, about 10 minutes.
>Waiting on a response from their support team.

My guess is that using a non Canadian credit card required you to pay a deposit
for the bicycle.

Here if you buy a contract cell phone, you have to put up a 3000 NIS ($750)
deposit if you are not a citizen and have the appropriate ID card.

Geoff

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