Tracing home address?

Qbert

I have a query about credit cards and hope someone with more knowledge can help!

I've recently used my credit card at a less than friendly establishment (a nightclub) and after checking my receipts have noticed I was getting over severely over charged.

My question is whether or not if I complain could they use my credit card number to find my home address?

I don't want to get ripped off and want to raise this with trading standards, but don't want a "visit" from the owners!

Any help / advice would be appreciated

BugsyBrowne

Qbert wrote: »

I have a query about credit cards and hope someone with more knowledge can help!

I've recently used my credit card at a less than friendly establishment (a nightclub) and after checking my receipts have noticed I was getting over severely over charged.

My question is whether or not if I complain could they use my credit card number to find my home address?

I don't want to get ripped off and want to raise this with trading standards, but don't want a "visit" from the owners!

Any help / advice would be appreciated

I can't see how complaining is going to give away your address.

Qbert

Wow, that was a quick reply!

So if they were to re-inburse the charges they couldn't use my credit card number to find out the address?

Emmzi

I'm guessing !lap dancing club" and "worried wife will get a visit"

It is very difficult to dispute charges for services ie prove how many drinks or dances you got. How were you thinking of doing that?

Qbert

I don't know what you mean........

Yea got it in one, was horrendously drunk and they took cards. I'm not worried about the wife getting a visit as she's cool with it, more a bloke with a bat wanting to repeatedly visit my kneecaps!

I have the proof as I have the receipts. The times on them show were I paid for say 15 minutes, I was getting 5. If you add up the total time paid for I would have needed to be there for 2 hours after they closed.

Emmzi

frankly I don't rate your chances. Would also cancel your card and get a new one so they can't accidentally pass additional charges in future.

Also leave the cards at home in future. only take cash, and leave £20 in the house to pay the cabbie...

CLAPTON

Most unlikely they will visit you at home... that would be totally illegal and after all they are a legal club.

There was a court case many years ago when a mother took a strip club (there weren't lapdancing clubs then) to court on the basis that your son (I can't remember the age) was ripped off.
She won.

Qbert

Oh, that sounds promising, I'll update on how I get on!

Emmzi wrote: »

Also leave the cards at home in future.

Way ahead of you, it's been an expensive lesson learnt!