Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was using someone else’s card

Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:47AM (#29864914)

> What do you think a check is?

My bank doesn't give me a cheque book any more - haven't see a person use a cheque in about a decade. I can't believe they'd let someone cash a random cheque with no authorisation.

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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by kylebyproxy on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:03PM (#29865097)

Just guessing by "cheque", are you outside the US? The checking system & ACH might be more of a US-centric phenomenon. It's been busted forever, but it's just how we do things around here.

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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by CRConrad on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:24PM (#29869440)

> It's been busted forever, but it's just how we do things around here.

Which is why the rest of the developed world wonders: So why don't you stop that and catch up to, say, the 1990s?

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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by easton on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:03PM (#29865100)

I do that when people send me money for birthdays once a year. Stick the check in the atm, i get money and the person wasn’t asked.

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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by greenyoda on Sunday January 09, 2022 @04:21PM (#29867436)

My bank allows me to deposit a check just by photographing it with their smartphone app. No more visits to ATMs needed.

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