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Article #9092Re: How Does This Happen?
From: cat
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:28
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:28
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"Scott in SoCal" <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in message > About 400 Chicago Transit Authority customers were overcharged a total > of $9,000 last week because of a technical glitch in certain fare-card > vending machines across the city, according to the company that took > responsibility for the error. > Most users were only inconvenienced by the error, which caused a > sudden influx of charges to customers' accounts that were owed to the > CTA for previous transactions. > But others incurred additional charges, such as overdrafts to their > accounts. If legitimate charges were simply held and then put through, then how is this an "overcharge?" $9000 among 400 customers amounts to an average of $22.50 apiece. If *that's* breaking their bank, they're in worse trouble than just with the CTA...
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