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Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

Thursday, Mar. 26 2009 @ 10:55AM

By Gustavo Arellano in Our Taco Hells

Sorry for the light posting this week, folks; been busy exposing anti-Semites over at Navel Gazing...

This week's entry is actually from last week but is now just percolating up to the mainstream media instead of merely existing with the Daily Rottens of the world. From the state of Washington:

A family's plans for a $15 dinner at Taco Bell turned into a meal costing hundreds of dollars because the restaurant overcharged them, a Vancouver man said Thursday.

Alan Merrill used his debit card to buy dinner at Taco Bell last week. The receipt for the meal showed the correct amount and Merrill never realized he was overcharged until he tried to make a withdrawal the following day. It was then Merrill realized that Taco Bell had charged $150 instead of $15."

We had it all budgeted out," Merrill said. "We know exactly how much we spend. That knocked us in the hole."

Because he was overcharged, Merrill started receiving overdraft fees for each item he purchased after the Taco Bell meal. Soon, $400 worth of overdraft fees began to pile up.

To Taco Bell's credit, they paid for the man's overdraft fees. Against Taco Bell's credit, their food sucks.

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Lesley says:

Reminds me of a rare trip to Whole Paycheck, when they charged me $89 for a turkey instead of $8.90 (the checkout guy had punched in the number by hand).

Didn't realize till the next day, when I happened to check the receipt (hey, it was a special occasion, I splurged and was expecting it to be pricey anyway)… Had to drive all the way back and they barely even apologized.

Shoulda given me free food for life, no?

Posted on Thursday, Mar. 26 2009 @ 9:30PM