I am leaning on the complete moron part. He said his old man set everything up, and he didn't bother confirming anything. Sorry, I know the story has some holes in it. He could pay cash, if he could make a withdrawl from the ATM using his debit card (we only accept debit cards if we can charge you the entire stay all at once) instead of paying one night cash and then figuring out the deal with his CC... but we still require a valid card no matter what. He didn't have a cell and apparently couldn't get to Columbia using the phone out in front.

Anyway, it was kind of a shifty story but he was supposedly booked at our hotel for two weeks, which is too long of a stay if he is trying to con us, ya know? He wasn't literally jumping up and down, but he was panicking after the 3rd try to get a hold of his folks. As for his CC I think that it was a brand new one, probably his first that his old man signed him up for, and it hadn't been activated or whatever which has happened before with other guests.