# I am Og - Visa fears me.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550 "2006-01-11T20:42:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550/21 "2006-01-12T18:34:52Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> Lemme 'splain…Visa is a consortium of member banks, created to handle electronic communications between merchants and banks; establish rules for merchants and banks on how transactions get handled; and do marketing. It’s a shadowy organization that has no direct contact with cardholders.
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> Banks issue Visa cards, and merchants decide when to automatically charge your Visa card. Your dispute was either with the merchant or with B of A.

I’m in the industry, too. Go figure. By the way you talk, I bet you don’t work for Visa. 🙂

It wasn’t the $39 that really got 'em, **Sandy** , it was all of the calls you made. I don’t know what the unit price is on cardholder service calls, but if it is anything like how much my company pays, then trust me, you got more than your forty bucks worth.

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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550/22 "2006-01-12T20:17:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> It wasn’t the $39 that really got 'em, Sandy, it was all of the calls you made. I don’t know what the unit price is on cardholder service calls, but if it is anything like how much my company pays, then trust me, you got more than your forty bucks worth.

I was pretty sure that was going to be true when I started. Which just made it all the more satisfying.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550/23 "2006-01-12T20:33:42Z")

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> [@SandyHook](#):
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> Hmmmmmm, okay. I appoint **Zebra** to head up a national movement to get this done.  
> In the meantime **Zebra** do you mind if I use that as a signature?

Go right ahead. But I’m not as tenacious as you so don’t expect much action on the getting it done.

But, emboldened by your success, I, actually, _talked to a **girl!** _  
Which is huge for me.

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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-og-visa-fears-me/339550/24 "2006-01-12T21:24:45Z")

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Atta boy, Zebra. It never hurts to try.

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