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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 9:57 am
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biggestbopper
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Originally Posted by Happy
You tell me how to dispute it? We never sign anything that shows any thing in USD, nor any language about the billing currency.
Exercise your billing error correction rights under the Fair Credit Billing Act as outlined on every statement you get.

Send a letter (only a letter will do--no 'phone calls, faxes, or emails) to the special billing error correction address on your statement (hidden away somewhere) and dispute the charge. More info at http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20031111a1.asp

Note that a charge in the wrong amount is a billing error under the Act. And, once you assert a billing error in writing the burden of establishing the correctness of the charge shifts to the merchant.

If some FTers start doing this with DCC I suspect that will give, e.g., Hertz a costly kick in the ... and an incentive to stop. Billing error disputes are costly for the merchant. Plus, you are very likely to get your money back.
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