Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Any American Express Cardholders who can help????

lol.

Well T-minus 1 hour till presales. No family, friends, co-workers, ect. have an AmEx. Maybe I just need to bite the bullet and sign up for one- I had this same problem last year!

I wouldn't. I hate my Amex corporate card. They once suspended my card because they owed ME money. Yup, due to an accidental overpayment on my part, I had a Credit of $2.54 and they suspended my card the very next month because it wasn't a zero balance.

I had to go to a bank machine, withdraw $20 (cause you can't withdraw 2.54) and then I had to go into our work system and process an expense claim for 17.46 to send them back the difference and because our accountants red flagged it because they didn't understand my explanation, I ended up with late charge on the next statement. I told our accountants that there was no way in hell I was paying a late charge because that resulted from me having a CREDIT! So the company better pay it or I'm hanging up my traveling shoes.

If you like your credit rating the way it is, stay away from Amex. They punish even their most diligent card holders.

Wow, horrible story- great advice.

I currently have a visa and have had no problems at all.

out of curiosity I logged onto ticketmaster this morning at 10am to see what tickets I could pull. I couldn't even get any thing in the 100 levels. I would have been mad if I pulled GA Pit or reserved seats up close.

David, I couldn't get anything close either (tickets for my friends) for the last two concerts I went to. I think the fan club has a lot to do with it, not to mention the tickets that are taken up by employees of whomever is putting on the show. Dave Matthews Band has one of the largest cult followings in North America.

Yeah... the same group of fan club members that have been sitting front row since 1998 (when the fan club openened) are still sitting front row at every show thanks to the seniority ticketing system that the Warehouse utilizes.

Or, the same group has been scalping tickets for all these years...

I guess they can add a show in Edmonton

I cancelled my AmEx account a few years ago. I had scheduled a payment online for a couple days out when I realized that I had used the wrong bank account -- one that I was in the process of closing. I immediately called them and asked that they cancel the scheduled payment (since I could find no way to do it online). The person on the phone told me they could not do that and that once the payment was scheduled it could not be stopped.

So a couple days later, the payment was refused due to insufficient funds and I was dinged for it.

Thanks for the info. I won't be signing up any time soon.

We still accept Amex, but I keep questioning why. As a vendor, they're a PIA to deal with, and I have yet to have a customer who has an Amex but doesn't also have a Visa or MC....

Does AmEx charge vendors more than Visa or Mastercard for purchases?