Reply to: £1000 lighter by 7.15am

[speling bee]

I thought initially you'd lost one of these:

S.T. Dupont Lighter Black Mother of Pearl with Cigar Burner (16408) NEW on eBay!

[Fandango]

Well I've had the fuzz round tonight (very tasty wpc ) to take a statement about what happened

They said it's really daft but because there's no victim then it isn't treated as a crime. Basically because I've been refunded I'm not a victim and the bank is insured so unless the bank/insurance company want to push it further it won't get reported as a crime!

They have said they are going to try and catch them though as it's happened twice more since me at the same cashpoint! They crooks are obviously getting greedy so they need to do a stake out to catch them! Its happening between 5 am and 7.30am basically the first person to use the cashpoint that day!

[fullyautomatix]

Where was this ? Baghdad ?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Same here, went to see No 1 son at Uni the other week and didn't have the £1.50 for the Dartford Crossing!!!! Cos the wife has bought MacD's with the change that is usually in the car!

Hitler in the booth, really gave me the third degree.

Going again on Sat, MUST GET SOME CHANGE.

It's a job requirement there. BTW how come it's legal that they don't give receipts?

[Scrag Meister]

At least HSBC sorted you out.

I don't really do cash It's a miracle if I even have enough in my purse for the car park in the mornings!!

Same here, went to see No 1 son at Uni the other week and didn't have the £1.50 for the Dartford Crossing!!!! Cos the wife has bought MacD's with the change that is usually in the car!

Hitler in the booth, really gave me the third degree.

Going again on Sat, MUST GET SOME CHANGE.

P.S. Thought the OP was talking about some gold and diamond encrusted Zippo.

[eek]

Hmm yes I would really trust that emergency cash thing. I trust it so much my last RBS account has been shifted elsewhere.

Just to add scary details are here BBC News - NatWest admits fraud has led to suspension of bank app amongst other places.

[Ignis Fatuus]

I should really get a smaller wallet and just take out the single card. What with RBS doing the emergency cash thing. I have 4 cards and 3 of them hardly ever get used, just a risk.

Company Visa card, personal debit card for everyday use, personal credit card for extra credit card rights, Euro debit card. Think I've done well to cut it down to that.

Also obviously have to carry passport, driving licence (both parts), RAC membership card, EHIC, and client co entry badge. And 2 currencies.

And that's when I'm not working in SAwitzerland. Would love to cut it down to 1 card + folding money.

[eek]

I should really get a smaller wallet and just take out the single card. What with RBS doing the emergency cash thing. I have 4 cards and 3 of them hardly ever get used, just a risk.

Hmm yes I would really trust that emergency cash thing. I trust it so much my last RBS account has been shifted elsewhere.

[minestrone]

I should really get a smaller wallet and just take out the single card. What with RBS doing the emergency cash thing. I have 4 cards and 3 of them hardly ever get used, just a risk.

[BrilloPad]

I do wish accounts would let you specify how much you can withdraw a day up to a certain limit.

Sh1tybank tell me there are withdrawel amounts of various frequencies (per day, 2 day, 3 day etc.) but refuse to specify what they are.

[teclo]

I've got a Halifax web saver account that gives me a non chipped cash card. I use that for my general day to day cash, I actually have it set with a hard limit of £100 per day so as to avoid this kind of thing. I'll only use my debit card if I really have to.

[Ketchup]

I take out cash on a Monday and try to make that do me the week.

Depends how ofter I visit the brothel.

You need to get the local brothel to do a sideline in "Accountancy" then let them invoice your ltdco

[minestrone]

I take out cash on a Monday and try to make that do me the week.

Depends how ofter I visit the brothel.

[kingcook]

Interesting thread.

I used to keep around £6K in the joint current account of ours, to maximise on the interest. But now i keep just enough in there to pay the Direct Debits coming out.

I trust myself to be vigilant at ATM's/online retailers/etc, but would queencook be as vigilant? After reading this thread, I would have probably been caught by the "card trapping" technique.

[norrahe]

Use cash rarely these days. Always cover my pin irrespective of where it is.

Though clogger cards restrict you to daily and weekly amounts you can spend or take out and you can only use a non bank ( i.e. not your bank) atm once in a day. If you want any more cash you have to go to one from your own bank.