I remember...
once upon a time in Croydon, a cash machine literally spewing out £20 notes - my mum and I collected up a crrier bag-full, took it into the bank and said "you might want to get the cashpoint fixed. This money's spewing out and it'll be coming out of some poor sod's account", or words to that effect, anyways. The gormless chimp behind the glass then told us that the cashpoint wasn't run by the bank (it just had their name on it) and they weren't allowed to touch it. They then pointed out that all the money was insured and it'd be credited back to that person's account if needs be. No wonder we're in the state we're in if twunts like that are involved in the money market...

The second time something like that happened was when I took out some cash in Leeds one time and realised that the gimp must have loaded £20 notes into the £10 slot, as I'd got £80 cash and a receipt for only £40 debited from my account... I promptly withdrew another £260. Then told my mate. We then went into Games Workshop and told everyone in there (hey, we were nerdy students). I believe the queue for the machine stretched around the block....

When the bank tried to take the excess cash out of my account without warning, I then called them and pointed out that a) I had a legal reciept showing that I had only withdrawn £300 in total, not the £600 they claimed, b) all cash would be insured anyway, so there was no loss to them and, c) removing money from my account without reason was theft and I'd happily go to the press and then take them to court. The money was put back into my account, along with £20 as a goodwill gesture!

Sometimes, I love life....
(Chad, Tue 7 Oct 2008, 14:24, Reply)