# Store agrees to hold a unique item for me.  Binding contract?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383 "2007-03-18T00:15:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383/21 "2007-03-20T15:17:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Rigamarole]  
This is a good point - out of curiosity **T\_SQUARE** , if the TV was such a great deal, why did you request the hold in the first place rather than buy it then and there?  
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See above. My debit card has a daily limit of, I believe, $1000, so I had to go get cash at the bank.

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**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383/22 "2007-03-20T17:23:04Z")

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[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE]  
See above. My debit card has a daily limit of, I believe, $1000, so I had to go get cash at the bank.  
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Can’t you use a debit card at Best Buy for any amount, up to the balance in your checking account? If you wanted to use an ATM to get money, then pay Best Buy, then the limit would be in play…

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**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383/23 "2007-03-20T17:23:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Gfactor]  
…[http://www.west.net/~smith/consider.htm](http://www.west.net/~smith/consider.htm)…  
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I just wanted to point out that the author of that website was my contracts professor. 🙂 Maybe I should have listened to him…

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**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383/24 "2007-03-20T20:23:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Iggins]  
Can’t you use a debit card at Best Buy for any amount, up to the balance in your checking account? If you wanted to use an ATM to get money, then pay Best Buy, then the limit would be in play…  
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No, I was limited to $1000 a day for my “security” at POS transactions. The bank has since turned it off. I had to actually walk in the bank and get cash like you see people doing in old time movies.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-agrees-to-hold-a-unique-item-for-me-binding-contract/396383/25 "2007-03-20T21:09:12Z")

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[QUOTE=T\_SQUARE]  
No, I was limited to $1000 a day for my “security” at POS transactions. The bank has since turned it off. I had to actually walk in the bank and get cash like you see people doing in old time movies.  
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What is this “cash” you keep talking about? 😕

😛

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