OT: Credit Card charges after original invoice

[William Park]

If they were supposed to charge you and you were supposed
to pay the fee (legal requirement), then you will end up paying in "full", whether in 1, 2, or more payments until
the "sale transaction" is complete.

But, it's a bit odd, I must admit.  You could argue to your
bank (the gull of those guys to charge you a month later, and so on...), but I doubt you'll win.

--William

--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: [TLUG]: OT: Credit Card charges after original invoice
> To: "tlug" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> Received: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 2:07 PM
> 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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