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Re:Your Minimum Viable Product is Processing Credit Cards by Firehed on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:30AM (#5035801)
Which is actually an absurd thing for the rental companies to do, since they a) don't know the credit limit on the card and b) would immediately get a chargeback if they tried to recover anything beyond the actual rental rate. They would fight and have a not totally unreasonable chance of winning the chargeback, but the reality is they'd be far better off chasing you down with collections agencies.
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Re:Your Minimum Viable Product is Processing Credit Cards by raverbashing on Thursday January 10, 2013 @05:50AM (#5036343)
They don't know the limit but they can try to put a hold and the CC company approves it or not.
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Re:Your Minimum Viable Product is Processing Credit Cards by btilly on Thursday January 10, 2013 @07:11PM (#5040583)
For educated thieves, sure.

But it is enough to deter a lot of people who otherwise might get tempted.

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