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Ikea

follyfoot · 2006-05-30 21:00:01

was anyone in IKEA, Croydon on 25 May when there computer system failed and they were not able to deal with any card payments? I left there at 11pm having paid by cheque. However, I returned some items the next day but was refused a refund until my cheque had cleared because they said i might cancel the cheque once i had…

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follyfoot Posts: 476 Forumite

1 June 2006 at 11:55PM

Stonk wrote:

Similar here. Someone spent £21K using MBNA credit card cheques (blasted things) stolen from my post - 3 cheques each for about £7K, probably for cars bought from gullible people. MBNA treated it like it was £2; refund, and no sign of pursuing the thief as far as I could tell. I often wonder who was left out of pocket - MBNA, or the car sellers.

someone always eventually pays the price .......us!

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