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Jesse Rodriguez spends about 60 bucks to fill up his Dodge Charger, but not long ago that fill up tied up a lot more cash than that.

He recalled, "I swiped my card, bank card, as credit and for some reason it stopped after $6. Then, not thinking, I swiped again and this time put in my PIN number and used it as a debit card and this time it stopped at $1."

Frustrated, Rodriguez says he then went inside the gas station, gave the attendant his debit card then filled up his car. When Rodriguez went back into pay there was a problem.

"They said, 'Well, the machine won't take the card,'" he said.

Rodriguez says all this took place the Saturday of Presidents Day weekend. Because his bank was closed on Monday, Rodriguez says he called Tuesday to see what happened and got a big surprise.

"They said I had a credit hold of $126 for the first transaction of $6 and a $100 hold for the second transaction of $1," he said.

Rodriguez was told he could not access all his money until after the holds expired, another two full days.

"That was four or five days that I had a credit hold," Rodriguez said.

The practice of placing holds on debit card accounts at gas pumps is nothing new. It happens because when you pay at the ump the exact total is not known. Holds generally expire within hours of buying gasoline. But consumers could end up unable to access their own money for longer periods of time. Fortunately there are ways to avoid debit card balance holds.