Georgina1's Journal

138, I call that progress!!!

0.2 in just 4 days? am loving this monitoring thing!!!

On another note, next time I travel, I should remember to carry a a pay as you go credit card instead of my regular credit or debit card, I come to this decision after learning of the horror that my friend Jenny just went through with her credit card provider:

Basically back in june she spent 2 weeks in Eqypt, an all round fun time she said, she used her credit card to pay for things while there as her bank said it was ok and she found it the most convinient way to pay. unbeknown to her one of the places where she shopped stored her credit card details and continued to spend after she left. A month after the holiday she recieved the credit card bill, notably higher than expected. On inspection she discovered several suspect items including a TV. Suspecting fraud she contacted her credit card provider who told her the TV had been bought in Egypt, who buys a TV on holiday? furthermore, the transaction took place after she'd returned from holiday, so both sides agreed it was fraud.

You'd think the protections would kick in immediately and the charges removed but nope, the credit card company wanted to investigate whether she'd been in anyway negligent or in collution, for that she had to go through a series of invessive questions and file a police report, all of which caused her mountains of stress.

In the end my friend was exonarated and they paid up but even that came with a caviet; If this is to happen again in the future, they'll just close her account. Had my friend Jenny got herself a pay as you go credit card she might not have had to deal with this, sure it is just like a credit card but the advantage with pay as you go is you would only put on it the money you'll need while abroad and if you're the victim of fraud, they'll only take what's left on the card, I'd personally rather loose a few bucks than go through what Jenny went through and then have to live with the posibility that if you're a victim again your account will be cancelled!

Life is what you make it, so am gonna take charge of my own weight, the plan is to cut down a little bit; from 140lbs to 120 by the new year!