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>> Stupid advice. If you go to the restaurant they'll likely give you the
>> tip back. If you contact your credit card company and dispute the
>> charge, you'll end up with the whole thing.
>>
>> At that point the restaurant can sue you or go after you for theft of
>> services, but since you only canceled a fraudulent charge, you've done
>> nothing wrong -- It's not your fault the restaurant failed to put
>> through the authorized charge, although you would be obligated to pay
>> them back IF they follow up. Most won't.
>>
>
> Stupid advice? Man you have got to one of the dumbest people I have
> ever read advice from in a newsgroup......
>
> so lets see, for the sake of a 20 dollar tip, you are going to get
> hauled into court, have to repay the resturaunt, plus court fees and
> legal bills?
>
> the resturaunt has no obligation to refund any portion fo the bill
> beyond the tip amount, and if you have the credit card company reverse
> the charge, you have committed a crime. It is not civil, it is
> criminal. Most likeley the resturaunt will not press a charge, but
> they are certainly going to sue you. And they will win.
>
> I recently(the court action was recent) had a customer reverse charges
> on a 250 dollar computer repair bill. Claimed an overcharge of 25
> dollars for a power supply. Long story short, he paid 500 bucks to my
> lawyer, just under 100 in fees, the origininal 250 dollar bill, plus
> interest.
>
> He had to shell out 600 bucks, just for being a cock, which is what
> your advice to the original poster is. Yeah, good thing you are here
> to point out the "stupid adivce" by providing what can only be called
> severely retarded advice.
>
> Chuck
>
Different with the dinner check. If you prove the charge was modified after
you signed the tab and you sue, you are going to get your lawyers fees paid,
your dinner paid for and maybe enough money to buy a BMW M5 and the gas to
fuel it to go to dinners that the restaurant will pay for maybe a year.
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