u/Wanna_make_cash

Went shopping the other day. Chip reader have an error, and the store didn't support tap to pay, so I had to swipe. Swiping is obviously pretty insecure and vulnerable to skimming, and I had a little anxiety after the fact. The payment went through and everything was good, but I ended up coming back and asking the manager to check if there was a skimmer on the self checkout lane I used just to calm my nerves. They got a device to insert that tests the unit, physically inspected it, and told me it was good and also assured me they inspect and test them every morning. They said the errors from the chip I was having just happen sometimes and they're still working out the kinks with this new units.

I then thanked them for checking and left to carry on about my day.

Was this weird or suspicious to do? This could just be more anxiety filling my mind, but like I didn't want to seem suspicious or like get on some kind of fraud list or have them call the cops after I left and have a warrant or something (obviously I didn't do anything illegal, I had a valid purchase and just asked management to check the unit afterwards). My mind was just envisioning some scenario where they suspect me of fraud and call the police long after I was gone and I get like a warrant or something even though that's incredibly unrealistic logically speaking

Went shopping the other day. Chip reader have an error, and the store didn't support tap to pay, so I had to swipe. Swiping is obviously pretty insecure and vulnerable to skimming, and I had a little anxiety after the fact. The payment went through and everything was good, but I ended up coming back and asking the manager to check if there was a skimmer on the self checkout lane I used just to calm my nerves. They got a device to insert that tests the unit, physically inspected it, and told me it was good and also assured me they inspect and test them every morning. They said the errors from the chip I was having just happen sometimes and they're still working out the kinks with this new units.

I then thanked them for checking and left to carry on about my day.

Was this weird or suspicious to do? This could just be more anxiety filling my mind, but like I didn't want to seem suspicious or like get on some kind of fraud list or have them call the cops after I left and have a warrant or something (obviously I didn't do anything illegal, I had a valid purchase and just asked management to check the unit afterwards).

2 days ago I took a lyft ride. Bank charged was as expected, and matches the receipt in the email and Lyft app. I was charged the fare and tip in one combined transaction, and that transaction has already posted

2 days later, I've noticed there is currently a pending charge on my bank account for exactly the tip amount, with no receipt or transaction to match it in the Lyft app. The transaction title doesn't say it's a hold, but it says it's the same ride/date transaction title as the combined fare+tip charge that fully posted.

As an example, May 11th it was a X dollar Fare + Y dollar tip. I was charged X+Y dollars and that transaction fully posted.

There is currently a Y tip dollars charge that is pending, with no record of it being seperate in the app transaction history.

This charge was not present the day of the ride nor the following day. My account is not logged into any other devices or anything. Is this normal?

2 days ago I took a lyft ride. Bank charged was as expected, and matches the receipt in the email and Lyft app. I was charged the fare and tip in one combined transaction.

2 days later, there is currently a pending charge on my bank account for solely the tip amount, with no receipt or transaction to match it in the Lyft app. This charge was not present the day of the ride nor the following day. My account is not logged into any other devices or anything. Is this normal?

When I was a kid during the 2008 recession I remember there was a huge hubbub about gas prices around that time. What causes those prices, and when you adjust for inflation, how do they compare?

As an adult who lived during that time, did it *feel* worse comparatively to now, or does now feel worse?

I had to submit a 14039 for an issue in February. I did so online, using the online method on the IRS website (so not the mail or fax submission method).

I know the IRS says that they are currently in a 600+ day backlog of resolving these 14039 cases, but thats RESOLUTION.

Does the IRS say a single word at any time to you to say "hey, we got your form on x day, we're looking into it. give us time"? I just want to know if the online submission actually worked and went through.

What will happen when (probably next year) the IRS computer notices the income discrepancy that is the source of this ID theft? Do I still get the inevitable CP2000 form, where I have to call and explain that I submitted an ID theft form last year when I noticed the issue on my transcripts? Even though there isnt any proof or communication of them actually receiving and acknowledging the form submission? and the fact that they take nearly 2 entire years currently to resolve anything?

Does my account just sit in limbo? Do i have to play telephone tag next year to try and get a flag set on my account so they dont garnish me over an ID thief reporting income that isnt mine to the IRS (next year when AUR would inevitably notice the difference between transcript income and the actual income on filed taxes)?