I had only ever purchased cheapo phones. Decided I wanted to splurge with a flagship at the local Best Buy and got a hard stop from my bank who wanted to verify it wasn’t a fraudulent charge. I wasn’t being ripped off. It was the normal price of the phone. I splurged on some new tech lol.
Funny thing is after giving up on that route, I made the purchase for the exact same amount on Amazon instead and it went through no problem lol.
It’s really not that deep. It was a charge of $1000 from a retailer I don’t normally purchase from. That’s not a regular occurrence. The only other time I had my bank ask me for verification was when I was withdrawing a large amount of cash from an ATM, which I also don’t normally do.
I had only ever purchased cheapo phones. Decided I wanted to splurge with a flagship at the local Best Buy and got a hard stop from my bank who wanted to verify it wasn’t a fraudulent charge. I wasn’t being ripped off. It was the normal price of the phone. I splurged on some new tech lol.
Funny thing is after giving up on that route, I made the purchase for the exact same amount on Amazon instead and it went through no problem lol.
Damn, your bank seems to have an awful lot of control over your bank account.
I bought my S10 for 350€ on Amazon when it was on sale. Might have even been my last buy from Amazon
It’s really not that deep. It was a charge of $1000 from a retailer I don’t normally purchase from. That’s not a regular occurrence. The only other time I had my bank ask me for verification was when I was withdrawing a large amount of cash from an ATM, which I also don’t normally do.
I see, I just never heard of that before. After looking it up I saw that I could transfer 100 000€ without my bank saying anything.