O.K. I am a computer dunce. I know it, I acknowledge it and I accept it. It’s simply not an area where I want or choose to allocate much (if any) of my limited grey matter (although I am always very attentive to maintaining current privacy, anti-virus, anti-spyware and malware protective programs and other measures on my computer).
That said, I am baffled by something that I encountered today and would welcome some informed feedback or possible explanations. Details follow.
A few days ago, I initiated the repair of a boat cushion at a new local marine canvas shop, with which I had never before done any business. I left the cushion and a 50% deposit (by personal check) on the estimated cost of the work. Very nice folks, grateful for the business.
Last night I received an email, indicating that the cushion was repaired and ready to be picked up, with an invoice (QuickBooks) for the balance due and a link to pay the balance online via credit card, which I proceeded to do.
Moving toward the bottom of the invoice page to select a credit card, before even getting to identify or select a card or entering any card info at all, the balance was suddenly paid via one of my valid (and most frequently used) credit cards, in the correct amount, but without my ever having entered even a single piece of information about that card. A little spooky, quite frankly. Picked up the cushion today (very nice work) and when I described and asked about what I had experienced on line, all that was offered was that “that card info must be stored on your computer”. Perhaps so, but it’s still frankly quite a mystery to me how a charge could possibly be made onto a card for which I had not yet provided even a single piece of cc information for a transaction with an entity where I had never before conducted any business.
Any theories or possible explanations from anyone here more computer savvy than I could ever claim to be (that would be almost anyone)? No harm was done, the bill was paid in the correct amount, but I found it a bit disconcerting that QuicKBooks was somehow finding, selecting (and then promptly charging) my credit card without my having manually entered so much as even a single piece of credit card information. What am I missing here?


That said, I am baffled by something that I encountered today and would welcome some informed feedback or possible explanations. Details follow.
A few days ago, I initiated the repair of a boat cushion at a new local marine canvas shop, with which I had never before done any business. I left the cushion and a 50% deposit (by personal check) on the estimated cost of the work. Very nice folks, grateful for the business.
Last night I received an email, indicating that the cushion was repaired and ready to be picked up, with an invoice (QuickBooks) for the balance due and a link to pay the balance online via credit card, which I proceeded to do.
Moving toward the bottom of the invoice page to select a credit card, before even getting to identify or select a card or entering any card info at all, the balance was suddenly paid via one of my valid (and most frequently used) credit cards, in the correct amount, but without my ever having entered even a single piece of information about that card. A little spooky, quite frankly. Picked up the cushion today (very nice work) and when I described and asked about what I had experienced on line, all that was offered was that “that card info must be stored on your computer”. Perhaps so, but it’s still frankly quite a mystery to me how a charge could possibly be made onto a card for which I had not yet provided even a single piece of cc information for a transaction with an entity where I had never before conducted any business.
Any theories or possible explanations from anyone here more computer savvy than I could ever claim to be (that would be almost anyone)? No harm was done, the bill was paid in the correct amount, but I found it a bit disconcerting that QuicKBooks was somehow finding, selecting (and then promptly charging) my credit card without my having manually entered so much as even a single piece of credit card information. What am I missing here?



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