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MacBook Air (M2) Review: Thinner, Better, More Expensive

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Re: MacBook Air (M2) Review: Thinner, Better, More Expensive

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Post by kalleboo »

qubex wrote: post #2

I really want to order one of these but my recent experience with Apple has been utterly horrendous. They delivered two Studio Displays I ordered five weeks late, with no apologies and absolutely no information. But that’s nothing: for reasons that have never been adequately explained to me, their system tried to charge my credit card TWICE for the same order, and when my card issuer blocked the card for suspected fr…

I would never trust that CARD again if they instantly block the whole card for suspected fraudulent transactions at one single retailer. I've had several cards suspect transactions, both fraudulent and legit ones and never had a card outright blocked.

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Post by sdflhasjd »

kalleboo wrote: post #11
qubex wrote: post #2

I really want to order one of these but my recent experience with Apple has been utterly horrendous. They delivered two Studio Displays I ordered five weeks late, with no apologies and absolutely no information. But that’s nothing: for reasons that have never been adequately explained to me, their system tried to charge my credit card TWICE for the same order, and when my card issuer blocked the card for suspected fr…

I would never trust that CARD again if they instantly block the whole card for suspected fraudulent transactions at one single retailer. I've had several cards suspect transactions, both fraudulent and legit ones and never had a card outright blocked.

I'd say this is sort of standard for some kinds of fraud flags. Two Apple displays sounds like the kind of thing that could trigger it.

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Post by qubex »

kalleboo wrote: post #11
qubex wrote: post #2

I really want to order one of these but my recent experience with Apple has been utterly horrendous. They delivered two Studio Displays I ordered five weeks late, with no apologies and absolutely no information. But that’s nothing: for reasons that have never been adequately explained to me, their system tried to charge my credit card TWICE for the same order, and when my card issuer blocked the card for suspected fr…

I would never trust that CARD again if they instantly block the whole card for suspected fraudulent transactions at one single retailer. I've had several cards suspect transactions, both fraudulent and legit ones and never had a card outright blocked.

If the transaction hadn’t been blocked they would’ve maxed out my card and successfully stolen funds that weren’t due to them.

You really think the card is at fault here?? They were trying to take money they weren’t due. You’re defending that?!

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Post by kalleboo »

qubex wrote: post #13
kalleboo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would never trust that CARD again if they instantly block the whole card for suspected fraudulent transactions at one single retailer. I've had several cards suspect transactions, both fraudulent and legit ones and never had a card outright blocked.

If the transaction hadn’t been blocked they would’ve maxed out my card and successfully stolen funds that weren’t due to them. You really think the card is at fault here?? They were trying to take money they weren’t due. You’re defending that?!

Block the transaction, yes of course, I'm not against that, but don't block the whole card from use! What if you're, like, stuck abroad and are relying on it?

When my cards have detected an unreliable transaction, they block the transaction, and then call me to confirm. I can still use the card for other transactions at other stores. In one case, the card was used as a store where a series of cards has been skimmed so they proactively sent me a new card, but didn't deactivate the old card until I had activated the new card.

Re: MacBook Air (M2) Review: Thinner, Better, More Expensive

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Post by qubex »

kalleboo wrote: post #14
qubex wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the transaction hadn’t been blocked they would’ve maxed out my card and successfully stolen funds that weren’t due to them. You really think the card is at fault here?? They were trying to take money they weren’t due. You’re defending that?!

Block the transaction, yes of course, I'm not against that, but don't block the whole card from use! What if you're, like, stuck abroad and are relying on it? When my cards have detected an unreliable transaction, they block the transaction, and then call me to confirm. I can still use the card for other transactions at other stores. In one case, the card was used as a store where a series of cards has been skimmed s…

That’s exactly what happened.

But since Apple attempted to fraudulently overcharge me twice I suppose the card issuer defaulted to “card compromised”.

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