Have you ever heard of this?

I went to applebees yesterday our bill came to $26.77.....today I go online and $ 29.44 was taken from the act....??

I call the manager, and he says...it takes time, the machine automatically gives a tip....I say a $2 tip??? that makes no sense...besides..I left a tip on the table!!!!

Something just dosent sound right!

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That's not right at all!

I'd call the CC company. Do you still have the CC receipt?

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Is it a debit card? If it is, some cards add in a tip when they put the money on hold but when the charge actually clears through the account, it's for the correct amount.

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yeah it happens..wait a few days and the number will be adjusted

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I've never heard of it taking a tip automatically I'd look into that....

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yea....it was my debit card...but i have the reciept and bank statement...

the manager says once they go through the batch it gets refunded...???


Its on 2 bucks so its not a total big deal....but the waiter sucked and i still left a good tip.... who the hell r they to add another 2 bucks?

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I don't know why- but it does happen. For me, it always gets resolved in a few days.

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some stores will charge you for paying "debit" only. It may be a $2 fee like using an ATM. But if you paid it as "Credit" since your debit has a Visa Logo it should not charge $2.

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I see what your saying... but a tip is not a must (although I personally would never stiff someone) You are not liable to paying it...so how they can do this...makes no sense!

Ill never forget a story someone told me:

She worked for Dave n Busters in Islandia... she was left no tip...so her manager says.... ummm... hows $10 sound??? and when they put through the bill... the put it in with a $10 tip....

You cant trust anyone!

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they run the card, bring it back to your table for you to write in tip. Card is already ran through and approved. If your meal was 30.00, and you only had 31.00 on the card, it would go through, but at the end of the night, when server is entering cc tips, lets say you left 5.00, you only had 31.00 on card, so server won't get tipped.

When you run a tab at a bar, they ususally but a 100.00 hold on it atleast for 4 days.

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Happens to me all the time. Called the bank and the restaurant/deli a few times and was told they automatically charge an extra 20% to make sure your card will be approved including the tip amount. Falls off in 3-4 days usually.

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It's called a pre-auth. The pre-auth enough for the meal and tip. Then ones you sign they only officially charge what you wrote.

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Yep, same happened here. Give it a few days.

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It has happened to us before. It does get straightened out after a few days.

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Glad you posted this - I'll be checking my statements a lot more often!

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Yes, I heard of this. I think the restaurants do that because the charge is run through before the tip which a lot of people throw on the cc. It should reverse itself in a day or so.

I wonder if you can tell them that you will be leaving a cash tip to avoid that?

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My dad mentioned this to me once, that restaurants have done that. It's tacky, IMO.