i always run a tab at coyote ugly & their pre-authorization is always some wierd amount......like $16.80. it's never in whole amounts :squint:

so a couple of weeks ago, it was the day before payday & my account was low on $$$ & there was no convienant atm around, so i decided to just run a tab & keep it under what i had left in my account (which was like $30). so i bought me & my bartender friend there each a shot & gave her my card thinking she would run a tab, but she closed it. so i told her to just keep it open & run it later......

well they "pre-authorized" my accout twice...once for $16.80 (random # again since the actual 1st round was $14)....then after i bought her another shot for the whole total of $23 the "pre-authorization" was $33.60

i didn't think anything about it since the actual charge to my account was $23(she won't let me tip her when i'm buying her shots)....but low & behold if my bank didn't charge me 2 overdraft charges for the "pre-authizations" that never went thru


had to get in a pissing contest w/ them to get the overdraft charges reversed, so i learned to just goto the fucking atm next time