Bah Humbug - my wallet and presents stolen :( - Updated - been visited by angels! :)

nearlyrich

That's lovely, nice to know there are still some good people in this world.

AndyR_3

missysx wrote:

on the plus side, like you said.. atleast you were able to prevent it costing you more... i have phone banking, but i don't have a clue what my passwords are... i use internet banking all the time, so if i had my wallet stolen, i'd be lost.

Banks will let you stop a lost card without giving any passwords - they will even let a third party stop a card (e.g. if someone finds it in the street and phones up to report it, the bank will cancel it). However they probably won't issue a new one until you provide the passwords or answer several security questions.

A useful tip is to store your bank's lost and stolen card helpline in your phone. Obviously if your phone was stolen too, that wouldn't help, but at least if you still had your phone, you could call and stop it. You can also report the loss of a Visa card to any bank displaying the Visa symbol, whether they issued the card or not. However, they may not know what to do as it's not very widely known or done.

If you do ever find a purse in the street, call the issuers of any cards in the purse and let them know you have the purse and your contact details (or if you've handed it in, where to). Many banks will call their customer to let them know where the item is, or at least will put a note on the account so that when the customer calls to report their card lost, they can be advised where their purse/bag is.

I recently had a customer re-united with £400 cash because a kind person found his wallet in the street containing our bank card and some cash. He called us, and I was able to call the cardholder to let him know where his wallet was. He was, obviously, delighted.

Brassic

Yup, hubby stopped my cards for me as I didn't have the number on me. I was really worried as I had the money for my car in there. Cheers for the info and good to know there are people out there doing the right thing!

ManAtHome

Brassic, you're obviously well in credit with them or they wouldn't have bothered. I'm sure a bit of home-baked scran would go down well.

Who has more friends - you or the scumbag..?

jackieb

That's really heartwarming (your good fortune not the visit from the thieves!)

Couldn't you appeal about the parking ticket? Tell them you'd been robbed and were reporting it to the police at that time. You should have a police report number.

james32_uk

Re Parking Ticket I would get a copy of the police crime report and send it to the Council asking for the fine to be revoked due to exceptional circumstances.

Gotta be worth a try!