Reply #76: CRUSH the poor was a bit melodramatic, I admit

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

even though this practice may in fact crush some poorer person who was just not aware of this issue and then found themselves unable to get at their own limited funds, or worse, found themselves generating bank and overdraft fees that they cannot afford.

It's an education and disclosure issue.

(And, you know what, I remember seeing a credit card amount from a restaurant that we ate out at that seemed higher than I remembered us spending. Someone on this thread mentioned that restaurants run a higher amount and then do a correction. I am going to be a lot more vigilent about this in the future. This is how they CRUSH the middle class!)