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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 2:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Fraser
Got myself an SPG Amex a month ago and have been putting a bit of spend on it. Today I paid for lunch with it then went to buy some groceries about ten minutes later and it was declined twice, a bit embarassed I use another card which worked fine.

I called Amex and they asked if it was a new card, saying it hadn't been activated yet!
Declined twice at a gas station last night and got the precise same message after activating the card in early August and spending almost 8K. The AmEx rep says this does indeed happen periodically . . .
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