"This time next year, Rodney" Hypno's latest instalment

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Merry Christmas one and all!

hypno06

Just popped on to do scratchcards.....and to say Happy Christmas - hope you all have a fab day xx

benbenandme

:j :j :j HAPPY CHRISTMAS !!! :j :j :j

duchy

Merry Christmas one and all
Bit of a mixed one here but will post later for advice -for now I'm not letting it ruin the day-just to say Co-op bank's fraud department are working and were lovely !
Turkey is on -DS is fitting his new telly (and given me his monitor as he can run his PC thru the new telly -much nicer than mine ) and is chuffed.
Pania you still dropping by sometime this week ? Use the landline -mobile is out of credit.

rtandon27

:santa2: :xmastree:HAPPY CHRISTMAS ALL!!! :xmastree: :santa2:

hypno06

duchy, your day sounds stressful - hope it is all sorted out!

pania

hypno06 wrote: »

Just popped on to do scratchcards.....and to say Happy Christmas - hope you all have a fab day xx

Hey Honey!! are you having a good one? No double scratch on christmas day!!!!! scrooges...:mad: :rolleyes:

Duchy you ok babe? give me a call, got your PM. if you need to talk let me know. xxx

In_Search_Of_Me

Just popping in to say happy Christmas!

duchy

I'm OK- a little sadder and wiser.
When I checked online banking on Christmas eve there was a three figure sum shown as an atm withdrawal-timed at 8.59 am that morning.
I didn't get up til 9am when my neighbour (& I thought good friend) arrived. She let herself in (she has a key-as I do for her house). I got ready-picked my purse up from downstairs & we both went shopping together.
Back home I discovered the withdrawal-called the bank who confirmed the entry (and time) was correct. They reckon UK cards can't be cloned with pin so the actual card must have been used and then replaced back in my purse.
The corner shop opposite has an atm-according to the owner my neighbour used the machine between 8.45 and 9-yet when I casually asked her if she'd gone to the shop before coming to mine that day-she said she hadn't !
So my card is now blocked by the bank and what little is left will cost me £3.50 in bus fare to get to the bank. Goodness knows when the new card will arrive.
I won't be able to confirm it definitely was the atm opposite til the morning (but I can't see it was anywhere else).
It seemed the only explanation is my neighbour came in earlier -used my card & then replaced it before I got up !!!! The shop has CCTV (the owner is awre the police will wnt to see it )so it's going to be easy enough to prove especially as the bank tell me my only chance of getting them to even consider refunding the money is to go to the police -especially as she denied going in there at that time.
Horrible, horrible situation-she's away now til Monday -which is probably as well.
I really want it to be some bizzare bank error-but it isn't looking good

pania

oh no sweetheart that is awful. big hugs for you. all i can say is said friend must've been in severe desperate straits to resort to that measure. Can you sit her down and say in a very friendly way that you know how it feels to be in desperate financial straits and that is there anything that she wants to tell you? that she won't loose your friendship but will get your support to work her way out of it and see if she will admit to what she has done. Such a sad situation. SO chuffed that DS is pleased with his gifts. Big hugs honey. xxx