Debit Card Payment in Aldi's not taken off account.

lilacclaire

I used my debit card in Aldi's yesterday and usually when I use my card, the amount would come off my available balance straight away.
The money hasn't come off my available balance, does anyone know if Aldi's work differently or if they don't process payments at the weekend until the monday?
Im watching the pennies, so would rather it came off straight away iyswim.

shammyjack

With Aldi and Lidl it can take 3-4 days to debit from your account .

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Sometimes, if they have some sort of computer problem, the payment actually comes through as 'not authorised', and they are taking a chance on it going through later.

Made me think I was going to be done as a shoplifter or something when I saw it on the PDQ machine, but they reassured me it was fine.

sinw

Leave it in they have up 2 3 months to take it!! I got a suprise from Morrisons doing this to me about 2 months later....

wookie_2

Wilkinsons are the same, the balance always shows that nothing has been spent with them, 4 to 5 days later it comes out, anoying I know:eek:

inspace

did this to me last week at Aldis it came out about 4 days later.

pink_princess

sinw wrote: »

Leave it in they have up 2 3 months to take it!! I got a suprise from Morrisons doing this to me about 2 months later....

Its not the retailer that does it its the bank.The retailer instantly gets a code back from the bank via the PDQ terminal .This guarentees them the money,Its then upto your bank to debit your account by the value and in some cases they can take as some one said two months to do so.Just leave the money in as it will come out even if this overdraws you and you would be liable for all charges etc.

lilacclaire

Its never happened to me before, it usually comes off my available balance straight away, will be aware of it so I don't get any charges!

Catslovelycats

This happened with paypal for me th other day, too. I went OD because I didn;t realise it hadn't gone through. I just assume it goes out immediately. Maybe it's to do with the volume of traffic at the moment???

Bongedone

I've been charged for a transaction that took months to leave the account and sent me overdrawn a few years back. Really annoying.

DCFC79

Nope they are no different to anyone else, money leaves my account in same amount of time like any other store,