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Im not sure where I should post this, but since it involves the parking at 4900 Yonge St I figure recruitment might be a good spot.
A few months back I was at the center and used the large pay parking lot just south of Shepperd and Yonge. I attempted to use my work CC and it was spit back as card unreadable, so I parked on the street and used one of the many pay parking meters on BeeCroft Road (Just west of the recruitment center), way cheaper and closer to the recruitment center too. A few weeks later I noticed $6 and $7 charges popping onto the card as parking fees from Boston. So I called Visa, confirmed that Id never been to Boston and they deleted them. About a month later the card got hit with a series of large purchases from a US based IP address and they locked the card down and issued a new one. Its been fine since.
Last week I had to drop in and looked along BeeCroft for a parking meter and was unable to find any, but there was a dingy looking parking lot with electric arms on BeeCroft (across from the North York Civic Center), so I thought...what the heck, its a different parking company than the one at Yonge & Shepperd...I figured Id use my personal card this time as I forgot the company card at home. Needless to say, that machine would not read my card...No big deal, I back out and cruised up and down BeeCroft a couple times till I found a pay parking meter.
Well guess what? Lo and behold they just called and my personal card got compromised. They put through a $650 purchase the same day as I was at 4900, and last night put through two $3500 purchases, all from a US based IP address buying stuff in the states. Now I have to go a few days with out a Visa, and make sure to change all my personal stuff over to the new card.
Thankfully I pay for purchase protection on both cards...but I know most of the people going to 4900 Yonge are probably younger than me and may not have the funds to pay for purchase protection every month, so I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that they take a pile of change and use one of the Parking Meters on BeeCroft. They are WAY CHEAPER than the lazy man parking lots and nobody can steal your identity when you use cash.
A few months back I was at the center and used the large pay parking lot just south of Shepperd and Yonge. I attempted to use my work CC and it was spit back as card unreadable, so I parked on the street and used one of the many pay parking meters on BeeCroft Road (Just west of the recruitment center), way cheaper and closer to the recruitment center too. A few weeks later I noticed $6 and $7 charges popping onto the card as parking fees from Boston. So I called Visa, confirmed that Id never been to Boston and they deleted them. About a month later the card got hit with a series of large purchases from a US based IP address and they locked the card down and issued a new one. Its been fine since.
Last week I had to drop in and looked along BeeCroft for a parking meter and was unable to find any, but there was a dingy looking parking lot with electric arms on BeeCroft (across from the North York Civic Center), so I thought...what the heck, its a different parking company than the one at Yonge & Shepperd...I figured Id use my personal card this time as I forgot the company card at home. Needless to say, that machine would not read my card...No big deal, I back out and cruised up and down BeeCroft a couple times till I found a pay parking meter.
Well guess what? Lo and behold they just called and my personal card got compromised. They put through a $650 purchase the same day as I was at 4900, and last night put through two $3500 purchases, all from a US based IP address buying stuff in the states. Now I have to go a few days with out a Visa, and make sure to change all my personal stuff over to the new card.
Thankfully I pay for purchase protection on both cards...but I know most of the people going to 4900 Yonge are probably younger than me and may not have the funds to pay for purchase protection every month, so I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that they take a pile of change and use one of the Parking Meters on BeeCroft. They are WAY CHEAPER than the lazy man parking lots and nobody can steal your identity when you use cash.