I don't carry cash, just my Visa card. How does a business deal with situations like that.

We were in a small independently owned grocery store last week whose owner said the machine was not working. He directed us to an ATM machine.

We ask people to bring the $ next time they come in. So far it has worked for us.

With the prime season heating up expect long delays short tempers and an increase in the quality/temperature of food (ie. too cold, no taste, short on the----------). some copied my credit card number

The cure cook home

do you have absolute proof some copied your cc number? That's a pretty serious charge. Your cc could have been compromised anywhere down the line, from the server to someone working at the cc distribution center with whom the resto does business, to hackers in cyberspace.

Still not a big issue.

If they, or any server, wanted to steal your info they don't have to make up any story about decline. They could simply write down all the numbers, and the exp. date, and the security code from everyone in the restaurant. Not sure what the decline has to do with security. ?

I can't imagine that they care that much about cash sales since most places build in the price assuming the majority of customers pay by card and they have to pay the transaction costs. And if they are like most businesses, the more transactions they process there is less cost for each transaction (i.e. volume discount).

We were at Applebee's on Sunday about that same time and also had connectivity issues when using a credit card. My guess it was an area problem, not just at Havana.

Weds-Sat for Dinner, the singing waiters/waitresses show was wonderful! Time for a little positive publicity for Havana. :coolsmiley:

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That is very interesting because the same thing happened to
Me, same day in fact at Sweetbay. I knew there was enough
Money in my account and even checked the account when I
Got home.

Maybe it was just a computer glitch!

WCS