[merrylander]

Re credit cards we pay for everything with Amex because we get award points and use them to get free meat. It started because the local supremarket called one day and said they had lost our check. Put a stop payment on that one and even drove over and gave them a new one.

About two weeks later as my wife was about to pay for some groceries the clerk calls over the manager who loudly tells her our checks are no good. After much calling and talking to various cretins I finally discovered that they had 'found' the lost check and tried to cash it - of course the bank refused.

It finally got straightened out but we decided that if they did not want our checks then they effing well would not get them. BTW, the card is paid in full every month and if Amex tries to dick with us they get told we will cancel the card, boy does that ever make them sit up and take notice.

Just had a letter from Visa telling us there are all sorts of new charges but we only have Visa for merchants who refuse Amex.