Frustrated Son

[sameoldblu]

What is the name of your state? Minnesota
Hi my mother recently went to our towns walmart like she has for 15 plus years, She is 65 years old and has never written a bad check in her life nor ever been denied credit. On her trip there she had a cart full of stuff and when she went to pay for it they told her her check was denined and gave her a little piece of paper to call the 800 # to see why it was denied.She felt violated and im sure her blood pressure was way over the limit. My brother paid for the items and they went to a dollar store the same thing happened, they denied her check and once again she had my brother pay for it. By now she was so worried she was red faced and tears were starting to form in the back of her eyes. They then went to shopko department store where she had shopped for more years then walmart like im sure over 30.She had her cart full and went to pay and they denied her check,She had 5 people waiting behind her and started to cry , she didnt know what she did wrong and why these places went accepting her money. A lady inline behind her tried comforting her saying it would be alright must be a mix up, the manager came over and took her to the side and said its ok im sure its just a mix up. Im sure now she could of had a heart attack.they also gave her a piece of paper with a # on it to call.She returned home and She called the bank that her and my deceased dad banked at almost all there life, Bank had funds in to cover everything and there was no red flags what so ever. She felt she had committed a crime and they were going to lock her up.She then calls the 800# and they spend like a hour verifying who she is etc etc etc. They tell her that her account # is very similar to another one who has written bad checks all over the area and it red flagged her account because it was a similiar #. Ok my question is how can a # be similar? a # 1 is a 1 a number 2 is a two. if the police are looking for a car with a license plate number of 1234 they dont pull over 5678. nor pull u over if your plate was made a day after the one they were looking for.How can a company say that the account # put up a red flag if its not even the same fricken account #. They told her not to write any checks for 4 days so it would clear up the computers. Is this grounds to sue for stress and humliation that it has put her thru? She must be entitled to something.Thanks for taking the time to read hope you can help Thanks PaulWhat is the name of your state?

 

[JETX]

Hi my mother recently went to our towns walmart like she has for 15 plus years, She is 65 years old and has never written a bad check in her life nor ever been denied credit. On her trip there she had a cart full of stuff and when she went to pay for it they told her her check was denined and gave her a little piece of paper to call the 800 # to see why it was denied.She felt violated and im sure her blood pressure was way over the limit. My brother paid for the items and they went to a dollar store the same thing happened, they denied her check and once again she had my brother pay for it. By now she was so worried she was red faced and tears were starting to form in the back of her eyes. They then went to shopko department store where she had shopped for more years then walmart like im sure over 30.She had her cart full and went to pay and they denied her check,She had 5 people waiting behind her and started to cry , she didnt know what she did wrong and why these places went accepting her money. A lady inline behind her tried comforting her saying it would be alright must be a mix up, the manager came over and took her to the side and said its ok im sure its just a mix up. Im sure now she could of had a heart attack.they also gave her a piece of paper with a # on it to call.She returned home and She called the bank that her and my deceased dad banked at almost all there life, Bank had funds in to cover everything and there was no red flags what so ever. She felt she had committed a crime and they were going to lock her up.She then calls the 800# and they spend like a hour verifying who she is etc etc etc. They tell her that her account # is very similar to another one who has written bad checks all over the area and it red flagged her account because it was a similiar #.

Thank you for wasting our time with all that crap.... that could have been said with a simple: "My mom tried to cash a check and it was denied". Do we really have to here her shopping history, or how full her cart was... or what some manager might have tried to comfort her??

Ok my question is how can a # be similar? a # 1 is a 1 a number 2 is a two. if the police are looking for a car with a license plate number of 1234 they dont pull over 5678. nor pull u over if your plate was made a day after the one they were looking for.How can a company say that the account # put up a red flag if its not even the same fricken account #. They told her not to write any checks for 4 days so it would clear up the computers.

Errors happen. And yes, numbers do look similar. Ones often look like sevens. And 'european' sevens (with the horizontal line) look like fours. And threes can look like eights.

Is this grounds to sue for stress and humliation that it has put her thru?

ROTFLMAO!!! NO!!

She must be entitled to something.

Yep. The only thing that she is 'entitled' to is the monthly 'Award for being most Stupid' for continuing to shop at TWO other stores KNOWING that he checks were going to be denied.
Oh, and she gets the 'silver cluster' bonus for not calling the 800 number to find out what the problem is after the FIRST time she was told to.

Her failure to exercise NORMAL care brought on her own 'stress and humiliation'.