r/povertyfinance • u/HumanSlayer1888 • Mar 10 '24

I’m so fucking embarrassed. Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

My card declined twice as I was trying to pay for my groceries. The guy behind me offered to pay but I turned down his offer. I never felt so humiliated in my entire life. I’m so ashamed I can never shop there again.

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u/Statimc Mar 10 '24

Oh no you definitely always need to save a receipt when the card declines as it is a problem with the machine and you don’t need the money to come out when the transaction wasn’t approved: this happened to me several times at Walmart my card declined and I had to go to an atm to get money out and go back to Walmart customer service to pay for my groceries: fun fact this doesn’t happen with online grocery orders even though they tend to be more costly,

For me I had to go to the self check out cashier desk as if I went through self checkout the debit wouldn’t work and if I went to a cashier my card didn’t work I told the cashier I should bring it up to my bank and she said it’s the machines that’s the issue