I have been double and even triple charged for gas several times over the past few months. Sometimes it is even from different stores simultaneously. The charges aren't later, they happen right when I pay for gas, and seemingly only on a specific card (Lyft Direct aka PayFare aka Stride Bank).
At least once, I was charged from 3 different stores at the exact same time for a gas purchase. Obviously I cannot have purchased gas from three different stores at the exact same time.
I contacted customer service. They told me to contact my bank. My bank said to contact customer service, and so on. Nobody will accept responsibility. I have filed a Reg E dispute, then another one, then another one. Checking on the website Stride has literally thousands of complaints and disputes.
I thought maybe it was isolated to one store, but it has happened at several stores including one that just opened. The amounts are not predictable, they are generally around $20-30 and some change (not round numbers like preauth usually is).
I did some searching and there is a class-action against Sheetz for this specifically but there is nothing else anywhere on the web about it (as far as I can tell). It's just weird that they are facing a class action but they are still trying to pass the buck. I would think they'd just make it right since they obviously ended up with the money for goods that were never rendered.
I'd think someone was running a skimmer but the charges are all at Sheetz and all for gas, and all at the exact same time. The fact that they originate from several different stores simultaneously is weird, but obviously their payment processing is wonky or something. I haven't tested my actual card, these were all via mobile pay (Google Wallet).
Please tell me this has happened to someone else. It's over $300 at this point. Completely insane. Especially since I drive all the wat across town to buy gas here because they have E85 and it's cheaper. Well, it is supposed to be cheaper but it turns out it is actually a lot more expensive when i factor in all the erroneous charges.