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1. joshstrange · 1789559085 · focus · HN ↗

   The craziest part of this story, for me, is it was on the dad’s _company_ credit card. Which might not be as surprising except the reason it was already on file is because the dad used his company’s (not _his_ company, the company he works for as an employee) credit card to buy Roblox for his son previously.

   Is this common? I’ve had access to company credit cards before on a one-off basis (never in my name). Do people legitimately make this mistake? “oops, I put it on the company cards”?

   1. bryanlarsen · 1789561725 · focus · HN ↗

      Robux has a lot of abuse, so is more likely to deny a legitimate transaction as a false positive. He probably used his own credit card first, it didn't work, and then used his backup card, the corporate card, instead. Then claimed it as a personal expense and paid it back.

      Corporate cards are generally set up to allow this. If you're traveling on company business, there's a relatively high chance your personal card gets denied. Especially when on corporate travel -- if you use the corporate card for airplane, hotel and car, the personal card use for souvenirs looks a lot more like stolen card use. Companies don't want employees inconvenienced while on company travel, so they allow use of the company card for personal expenses as long as the expenses get properly claimed and paid back.

      1. mpeg · 1789561940 · focus · HN ↗

         Last time I worked corporate the card even allowed cash withdrawals, and would automatically mark them as personal expenses so I could pay them back.

         Very handy when I don’t want to use my money for whatever reason but also don’t want the company to know everywhere I’ve been

         1. em-bee · 1789606209 · focus · HN ↗

            while i agree with the reason, if you have to pay it back, how does withdrawing cash from a company card make any difference?

            1. mpeg · 1789610744 · focus · HN ↗

               sometimes you don't pay the whole amount back, say I went for food and drinks I might expense the food but pay the drinks out of pocket

               plus, it was a neat way of having a company supplied line of credit and defer payment for a couple months with no interest

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