I had that exact thing happen to me. I ordered $10 worth of products from a vendor I have purchased from dozens of times before. I suddenly find a $5 cash advance fee on my credit card, and Visa says the purchase was marked as a cash purchase from the vendor, so it's treated as a cash advance. This has never happened before, and no idea what has changed in the past month for orders to suddenly be processed this way. Looks like I'm out the $5 ... plus interest as interest is charged on cash advances differently from purchases. No luck so far with any explanation from the vendor either.
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