Be wary of small independent truck stops.

starmac · Jul 18, 2019

Mrlanza said: ↑

I'm thinking about getting one of those Green Dot or similar prepaid cards and just transfer a weeks budget to that as needed.

Might have to stash some jacksons in the truck somewhere.
When it's 90+ outside and a couple of guys want to tarp my load for me, it's totally worth it.
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I had my daughters clean out my truck one spring and detail it. They found 1800 bucks I had stashed once when I walked across the border into Mexico and had forgotten about. lol

mover man · Jul 20, 2019

x1Heavy said: ↑

In white county you do not use cards at gas stations. Cash only. They will capture the information and then do a soft test transaction to see if it's good.

The biggest challenge was a walmart cashier attempting to buy a thousand dollars in heavy tools from Michigan, he lacked the complete home address of our cardholder so Michigan contacted that person and understood it's fraud and the bank was already there killed everything and new numbers in 10 minutes and then fire back at the cashier.

My bank is just a warrior. I do have a very special card tied to a account that is 10 cents to zero sitting still. I put cash into it, it is going out on card.

The account is further protected by Credit Laws when I use it as a credit. And also the bank knows the account will absolutely and flat zero if anyone tried to charge say 500 dollars on a stolen number against that .10 cents. It's automatic text to me, turn over everything in 10 minutes and back up with new cards new numbers. And the source of the illegal crime is in danger of being caught.

Here in Arkansas Embezzlers are put into jail as a regular part of trying to fool as cashiers. They just cannot get away with it.

To this day I have NEVER used a stand alone atm machine common in gas stations, convience stores etc. Never used the card at the pump outside. Never etc etc etc.

One time in pre internet, pre cell days in 1991 I took sick above Knoxville at the Mcdonalds there with a big rig. I went missing for 40 hours as I fought the illness fever in the bunk My family was contacted by dispatch and they contacted bank and (No qualcomm) and the bank traced and found me on video pulling 10 dollars for a meal the video made it clear I did not look good so the switched the the Lawman there and I was in the hosptial for half a night while IV medicines eradicated the threat.

They sent me home a week to rest up. Might as well.
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What did he say???

mover man · Jul 20, 2019

IndianaF150 said: ↑

Years ago an Arab run convenience store in a service plaza along I-80 in eastern indiana was selling illegal diesel to truckers. I didnt know it til i was getting pm few hours later in PA. The guy showed me my fuel filter full of red fuel.
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Arab RUN convenience store and service plaza, do not go together.

MartinFromBC · Jul 20, 2019

starmac said: ↑

I had my daughters clean out my truck one spring and detail it. They found 1800 bucks I had stashed once when I walked across the border into Mexico and had forgotten about. lol
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That is awesome!
About the best I ever do is pull out my winter coat come the next winter, and maybe find $60 in the pocket I forgot was in there.

IndianaF150 · Jul 20, 2019

mover man said: ↑

Arab RUN convenience store and service plaza, do not go together.
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Brandonpdx · Aug 15, 2019

Mrlanza said: ↑

I may have jumped the gun a bit.
I do realize that this could happen anywhere.

I don't believe that it is a good idea to carry large amounts of cash on me, considering that I am out for weeks at a time,
but I do need to look into a way to pay for goods and services
that isn't tied directly to my bank account.
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No it’s really not. A couple hundred bucks for incidentals like food, showers or whatever is no big deal but for fuel purchases I would stick with a fuel card like Comdata or an actual credit card (not an ATM card). I swipe my Comdata Card at the fuel pumps 99% of the time and have never had a problem.

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