OT: Credit Card charges after original invoice

[ted leslie]

its not illegal,
but you have every right to argue it, and get a refund, if you didn't auth it,
if the CC corp, feels you are being unreasonable, they will ban you, or put you on a ban list (possibly),
but I am sure you will sense when it gets that lop-sided, and perhaps stop pursuing it.

-tl

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:07:07 -0700
Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> About a month ago, I ordered a HD monitor (basically an HDTV without
> the tuner) from TigerDirect. The original invoice included the
> shipping costs ($0) and PST/GST, which I authorized for purchase and
> was charged to my Visa. One month later, I received an email from TD
> stating:
>   Your order shipped on 6/22/2009 and is on its way to you
>   MONITOR (LCD OR CRT) DISPOSAL SURCHARGE  (CA BCDS 008 CA )
> 
> This charge was not on mentioned my original invoice, nor did I
> authorize it to my card. While companies are required in various cases
> to charge a "disposal fee" for certain electronics, standard practice
> is to either include it in the price, or charge it in the original
> invoice. TD argues that if I had returned the TV, they wouldn't be
> able to return a gov't fee, so they charge it later
> 
> Can anyone comment as to whether charging it a month later is legal if
> not included in the original invoice. Seems to me that Visa is
> probably going to have them for lunch for an unauthorized charge, and
> the competition bureau is probably going to look dimly on this as well
> (as not listing total costs on the original invoice could possibly be
> deemed anticompetitive).
> 
> Comments, suggestions?
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