As mentioned elsewhere, I got a call from my bank’s fraud department a couple of weeks ago. It seems that while I was in Italy in February I neglected to take the necessary precautions with my Laser card on one or more occasions. Some some ne’er-do-wells did no well and I’m down forty quid and a debit card.
Right, well, apparently some wires got crossed. Turns out the forty quid they mentioned was the total of my last two transactions, which were in Dublin, which is why their computer flagged the two transactions in Milan on the same day. The two transactions that burned me for seven hundred chudding euro. The hell, like? I was ready to write off €40 as charming roguery, but what arsehole takes €700? I tell you, as soon as that money comes back into my account I’m booking a ticket over and I’m going to personally slap every Italian in the face*.
In the meantime I’m going to mildly freak out about where this month’s rent is coming from, and try to console myself by looking at some Manbabies.
*Yes, I’m reverse-ripping off My Name Is Earl.
Oh hell’s bells. I thought banks’ insurance covered this kind of thing.
It does, thankfully. It just takes its sweet time about it, especially when the fraud happens in another country.
OUCH thats unreal
Bastards. That’s rough.
Have some disgustingly hilarious body art. http://www.gigglesugar.com/941651
Does anyone else see Jesus in that cat’s arse?
I would’ve said the Virgin Mary.
I wasn’t sure which to go for, but I went with JC on account of the colouring.
Feck! What a load of crap. Happened to me a few years back (€400) and took ages to finally get it sorted. They even charged me a fee for the privilege of getting my money back. I got that back too! Grrr argh!
I had 500euro taken off my credit card by Finnish Fiends and their develish on-line betting den. I got the money back but I’m never going to Finland!
Finnish fiends… I like it. This is a problem, I don’t even get to alliterate here.