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...left our bank cards in a POS machine. Come on, fess up.
I have - went to buy wifey some smellies as she's had a bit of a rough time recently over something, and F*CK!!! Where's my card??? Oh yes, I remember, I bought some fuel....:evil::evil::evil: SO I went back this evening, yes they had it. Phew.
Not me but a mate actually walked away and left the cash in it. There was a guy waiting to use it aswell. By the time my mate realised the guy had gone.
I have to say, I pi55ed myself when he told me.
Nope, never.
You daft thing, Ed:D
My card is just for online buying, I only put money in the account when I have something I want to buy with it, otherwise it all stays in my building society account ;)
Very very lucky, Ed! Someone must have been looking out for you..
Wayluya
22-04-08, 10:02 PM
Not me but a mate actually walked away and left the cash in it. There was a guy waiting to use it aswell. By the time my mate realised the guy had gone.
I have to say, I pi55ed myself when he told me.
About 20 years ago I drove down to Spain with a Girlfreind (Mazda RX7 :cool: - I forget her name :)), back then was juggling credit cards and bank overdrafts like crazy so holding actual cash was very comforting on a long trip!.......stopped in a small town in central Spain (looked like a Mexican town in a Spaghetti Western :D)......the only place open was a small traditional bakery / cake shop.....so we picked up something to eat in our pidgin Spanish......and set off down the road......about a 100k's later I said to the G/f - "get me fags out of my holdall, it's on the back seat"......yer can guess what was also in the bag..........and the rest :cyclops:......back to town in record speed!...........and yer know what? - the holdall was still in the bakery and so was the cash :cool:
I still feel a bit bad about not thanking them properly - but I was in shock for both the loss AND the recovery.
dirtydog
22-04-08, 10:12 PM
Nope, never.
Had a bit of a (heated) discussion with a cashier in B&Q not so long ago because he wanted me to give him my card to put in the chip and pin machine that was right in front of me. Now I thought the idea of chip and pin is that you don't have to hand your card over to someone?
Nope, never.
Had a bit of a (heated) discussion with a cashier in B&Q not so long ago because he wanted me to give him my card to put in the chip and pin machine that was right in front of me. Now I thought the idea of chip and pin is that you don't have to hand your card over to someone?
Indeed. Defeats the object otherwise, doesn't it? Well done for being on the ball. He might have "dropped" it and swiped it on one lower down..
dirtydog
22-04-08, 10:51 PM
Indeed. Defeats the object otherwise, doesn't it? Well done for being on the ball. He might have "dropped" it and swiped it on one lower down..
That was the point i was trying to make but he was having none of it but then neither was i!!!
My local Tesco used to have a weird set up, you had to give them your card for them to swipe through the till, not the chip and pin machine and then you put your pin into the chip and pin machine :confused:
Jamie Slick
22-04-08, 11:06 PM
nope, not here. I'm the VP of a large credit union, and I've seen too many bad things happen so I'm extremely careful.
missyburd
22-04-08, 11:12 PM
I once left mine in the statement machine in the bank, didn't realise 'til I'd got to the next town a fair few miles away :oops: Had to get a replacement, on my third now :rolleyes:
Now I thought the idea of chip and pin is that you don't have to hand your card over to someone?
Hmmm, well a lot of people hand their card to me at the counter when I serve them, mainly because they don't know which way to put it in the machine :rolleyes: But I only take it off them to put it straight in the machine, so they could see if I was doing anything 'dodgy' lol.
dirtydog
22-04-08, 11:15 PM
Hmmm, well a lot of people hand their card to me at the counter when I serve them, mainly because they don't know which way to put it in the machine :rolleyes:.
That i can believe, but it's not exactly difficult is it? The idea is still that you don't need to hand over your card
missyburd
22-04-08, 11:23 PM
That i can believe, but it's not exactly difficult is it? The idea is still that you don't need to hand over your card
Yeah, I don't give mine to anyone. Some customers amuse me though, one woman the other day had no idea how to use it so her daughter typed her pin in for her which kinda defeats the object :confused:
And the number of people who leave with it still in the machine! I've lost count of the number of times I've had to remind them to take it out, even though the machine tells you to remove it anyway :-s
dirtydog
22-04-08, 11:37 PM
Yeah, I don't give mine to anyone. Some customers amuse me though, one woman the other day had no idea how to use it so her daughter typed her pin in for her which kinda defeats the object :confused:
And the number of people who leave with it still in the machine! I've lost count of the number of times I've had to remind them to take it out, even though the machine tells you to remove it anyway :-s
Which just proves what we already knew, people are stupid :rolleyes:
Which just proves what we already knew, people are stupid :rolleyes:
Oi:smt068:smt068:smt068
I can't be trusted with plastic. Cash only for me.
I think I read somewhere that the machine will take an uncollected card back in and drop it in the reject bin.
El Saxo
23-04-08, 11:31 AM
Yeah I've done it once, bought a lottery ticket and a packet of cigs, then promptly left the shop with my lottery ticket but left the card in the machine and the cigs on the counter! :oops: Thankfully I realised almost straightaway when I got a few yards away from the shop and went to light a ciggie...
Yeah, I don't give mine to anyone. Some customers amuse me though, one woman the other day had no idea how to use it so her daughter typed her pin in for her which kinda defeats the object :confused:
And the number of people who leave with it still in the machine! I've lost count of the number of times I've had to remind them to take it out, even though the machine tells you to remove it anyway :-s
Pedant mode on: And therein lies the problem - it doesn't tell you to remove it. You have to read that message informing you to remove it. Pedant mode off.
Tis true you know.:smt108
...left our bank cards in a POS machine. Come on, fess up.
More than once! A least twice doing crimbo shopping, a couple of other misc times. I've also left my keys in the bike with the ignition on a few times when parked up in a bike bay.
I'm a lucky sod though, and not lost one yet:riding:
dirtydog
23-04-08, 12:39 PM
Oi:smt068:smt068:smt068
8-[8-[8-[ erm obviously i don't mean you Ed
:-dd:-dd
missyburd
23-04-08, 09:26 PM
Pedant mode on: And therein lies the problem - it doesn't tell you to remove it. You have to read that message informing you to remove it. Pedant mode off.
Tis true you know.:smt108
It sort of does, ours beep at you to alert you to the message 'REMOVE CARD' on the screen :smt102
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