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I am a bit concerned with the length of time it takes for them to do something like this in this day and age. A 1.00 check on a card is not necessary, charge the card if it comes back declined, then so be it...but this 1.00 thing. It should be a quick and easy setup, like others. This concerns me as I said, will have to consider other options, and perhaps, move on. At least an email response to ones inquiry would have been nice.
Actually, this is not all that uncommon. There are at least three gas stations in our area that will hit your card with a $1.00 charge and it can be up to three days before the full amount shows up on the statement. A lot of times it depends on when the vendor does the final settlement of their debit/credit transactions. Some do it daily, others only every couple of days.