My new adventure with Gordon Trucking

This is not a commercial for discover card but I have to give credit where credit is due..

while living on the road I only use my discover card for all purchases then pay it off at the end of the month..I get a lot of cash back rewards.. the one thing I liked was their fraud protection where I am not responsible for any charges if my number gets stolen.
I was able to set a predetermined limit per transaction so if a purchase was attempted over that amount it would not be cleared until I answered a text message sent to my phone. This was a little annoying at times but I dealt with it.

yesterday my phone started blowing up with text messages from discover wanting to know if I was making some purchases totaling over $8000.00 .. I immediately responded NO...and called the fraud department when prompted..

someone had hacked my card number somehow and were caught immediately due to the safeguards and I am liable for nothing. . Discover is handling everything...

just a thought while we travel out here.. dont use a debit card.. had that been my debit card they could have wiped my checking account out and it would have taken forever to get my money back if at all..

 

Good info Tow , now put your one bullet in your gun and tell them to hold the perpetrator till you get there.

 

Was that one of those RFID cards that you only have to wave @ the reader?

 

Okay, experienced GTI and soon-not-to-be GTI drivers, two questions:

1. At what odometer reading should I start wondering if mine is going to be replaced? I've heard various numbers starting at 250,000, which I'm past, so I doubt it's that low.

2. Can someone post a photo or two of where your satellite radio antenna is attached on a Cascadia?

Joseph said he would show me, but my guess is the chances of us meeting are slim at best, what with me here in the balmy Midwest and him, well, not.

 

Mine is right at 282,000 now. I currently have a spear antenna, but I might opt for something easier to install, assuming I still get 3+ bars of signal strength.

 

No...dont know how they got the number... discover said they are taking care of it and all charges were declined

 

I stayed at a hotel waiting to pu a load in Laredo. $63 and used my credit card. Someone would occasionally manually enter my number and charge me. Always a multiple of $63 ( like $126 for example) my bill showed $1400 in extra charges. I was able to dispute it. I dont use my debit cards. I use a credit card because you have more protection.

 

Popular outside logic is to sell around 350,000 that way there will be a few months of factory warranty for the new owner. That window does expand to 500k because the engines have warranties till then. Factory warranties add to resale value.

either that or sell it before 800,000 because that is when you should start performing MAJOR rebuilds.