Quoted from YeOldPinPlayer:Pay cash. Use your back-up credit card. Have your traveling companion pay for gas. Having only one method to pay for anything leaves you vulnerable if that method has a snafu. Having a back-up plan can turn a major pita into a minor inconvenience.
I have a back up card. And I always carry cash. But that would not sound so dramatic.
Beats me, man. I don't know how anyone in Colorado wound up with my CC info. I use this card for Amazon, Pinball Life, Marco, Home Depot, Lowes, Kroger, Walmart, O'reilly's, Autozone, If I use it at a restaurant, it never leaves my sight. In the last 12 months I have bought gas in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. Motels in Ohio, Arkansas, and New Mexico.
It could be anyone of these places. It could be Equifax. Or maybe not. But Equifax gets off hook by saying, "We're so sorry". So why not finger Equifax for a little bit?
And this is the 2nd card in two years that has been compromised. but the first time was for $50 or $60. Not two $1,000.00 whacks--on the same day.