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is it normal for gas stations to put a hold of $75 on your credit or debit card?

Ive been noticing this lately and it seems very odd to me..
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trackboy22-25, M
It's better to use a credit card as you have fraud protection with it. with debit cards, fraudsters can drain your entire bank account and there is no recovery of the stolen money. tens of thousands of dollars can be drained from your account in one fraudulent transaction with a debit card. 馃挼
SW-User
@trackboy yeah but you get into more credit card debt that way since some people don鈥檛 know how to track their spending properly
trackboy22-25, M
@SW-User you pay off the credit card each month. I have tens of thousands of dollars in my checking account and if a crook tapped into a debit card transaction they would have access to all that money and no way for me to get the money back from them. while with a credit card, you have fraud protection. you get the statements each month that shows what you spent money on. too many merchant payment systems have been hacked. too many crooked waiters at restaurants copy your credit card number when you hand them the card to pay your restaurant bill. your credit or debit card should be in your sight at all times even if that means you get up from your table and go with the waiter to swipe your card at the card reader. a lot of identity theft happens when the waiter copies your information of the card too. paying cash helps a lot and helps you launder the off the books money you make so there is no paper trail of your spending to alert the IRS to your true income. 馃挼
SW-User
@trackboy you sir are a wise man!! I will consider all this for the future ty
trackboy22-25, M
@SW-User @SW-User yes will keep your checking account safe that way so it does not get drained. remember when you go to buy something. do you really need it? what use do you have for it and what are you going to use it for? will it be a piece of clutter that will have to be thrown out so you will have room around the house? 馃樅