@guiness56 wrote:Not sure how to look for skimmers. Are they that obvious?
I checked my bank account yesterday and there was a $90 charge from the local Shell station. I had been there after everything else in town was closed and got gas. That showed up along with the $90s. Even when gas was $4.00 a gallon, my vehicle doesn't hold that much gas.
Needless to say I was mad and found out from others that it happens there frequently. I won't be going back.
Hi Guiness56!
This is actually quite common; it's called an "Authorization Charge." And although it appears as two separate charges after it's cleared, it still won't actually post. At least that's how it's been in my experience.
This happens every. single. time. I use my AmEx at my local Shell station. Trust me, the first time I saw that authorization charge pop up on my AmEx account I flipped. I believe I had a charge appear for $99 after I put $40 of gas in the tank. My dodge isn't THAT thirsty! LOL
Long story short: keep an eye on it I guess, but don't lose sleep over it.
Hope everything works out! 
Edit: Also - I've had the authorization charges come in from different parts of the country. I.e., I live in Los Angeles. I went to a local Shell station, and had charges post from Texas. Lol I've had multiple charges as well.
@DaylightSlaving wrote:
@guiness56 wrote:Not sure how to look for skimmers. Are they that obvious?
I checked my bank account yesterday and there was a $90 charge from the local Shell station. I had been there after everything else in town was closed and got gas. That showed up along with the $90s. Even when gas was $4.00 a gallon, my vehicle doesn't hold that much gas.
Needless to say I was mad and found out from others that it happens there frequently. I won't be going back.
Hi Guiness56!
This is actually quite common; it's called an "Authorization Charge." And although it appears as two separate charges after it's cleared, it still won't actually post. At least that's how it's been in my experience.
This happens every. single. time. I use my AmEx at my local Shell station. Trust me, the first time I saw that authorization charge pop up on my AmEx account I flipped. I believe I had a charge appear for $99 after I put $40 of gas in the tank. My dodge isn't THAT thirsty! LOL
Long story short: keep an eye on it I guess, but don't lose sleep over it.
Hope everything works out!
Edit: Also - I've had the authorization charges come in from different parts of the country. I.e., I live in Los Angeles. I went to a local Shell station, and had charges post from Texas. Lol I've had multiple charges as well.
As I said, one was 90 and one was 20. The 20 was the real charge.
Both of them were posted and deducted from my account.
I have had the same company do the same charge from 2 totally different places also. One would fall off, the other would be taken from my account.
This is not the case here.