Post Office gave me too much money

JuicyJesus

funboxxx wrote: »

Defintely not a windup, i was just searching for similar stuff and i was led to the other thread but its not very helpful.

I should point out that i only realised the error when i got back to the office however i do have a bitter taste in my mouth after the same post office tried to give me a lesser rate at their bureau du change a month or so ago than advertised and to an extent patronise me when i questioned it.

Also been battered by banks and money institutions over the past few years in hard times so its tempting to think should i just keep it?

Is you desire for petty revenge over some travel money worth the cashier losing her job?

MasterPJ

CCTV will show that it was you who recevied too much. They are mostly cleaverly placed to see the cash register at all the times and can see from which isle one took money from.

Rupert_Bear

funboxxx wrote: »

Got a wee issue and need some advice on.

Went to post office for salary cash for my staff and withdrew money, the teller gave me £1000 more than i requested and £1000 more than was on my reciept.

Now do i hold on to the cash or return it?

I have a fair idea what i'm gonna do but was looking to see if anyone had been in this situation and can advise what i should expect from the post offices end.

Its not called the silly season for nothing. Very amusing!

happy_lass

give it back. simple as.

JacksterD

Give it back. The counter clerk will be eternally grateful to you as otherwise it will either come out of their own pocket or they'll be getting the sack. That's what would happen in the Post Office branch I work in, at least.

funboxxx wrote: »

I should point out that i only realised the error when i got back to the office however i do have a bitter taste in my mouth after the same post office tried to give me a lesser rate at their bureau du change a month or so ago than advertised and to an extent patronise me when i questioned it.

Unfortunately this is all decided centrally, the branches have absolutely no control over the display outside or the rate given to customers.

KAMRAY

Firstly and unfortunately the original post WAS NOT A WIND UP. It was my husbands post office that had given the OP the extra £1000 by mistake. We are personally liable for such losses and have found the past few days extremely stressful as we have tried to get the matter resolved.. The cashier involved has been completely distraught.

I am pleased to say that the OP has finally returned the money to us today (well £990 of it) and I would like to thank all fellow MSE members for their responses to this thread and for their attempts to persuade the OP to “do the right thing.”

However unbelievably the OP concerned chose to ignore this advice and concocted lie after lie in an attempt to keep the money.

We had recd a call on Friday from the OPs bank advising that he was a very good customer of theirs and he urgently needed to withdraw over £4000 to pay his employees salaries and asked if we were able to meet this request. We would normally refuse such a request as we don’t hold large sums of cash, and such a withdrawal can leave us short. However we agreed to it because the OP is a local businessman. He then came to the office to make the withdrawal.

That evening the cashier discovered she was £1000 short. On checking the CCTV we discovered that the OP had been overpaid by £1000. Unfortunately we were now unable to get in touch with the OPs bank until Monday morning. However they duly contacted the OP to advise of the situation and requested he phone my hubby.

However on the phone the OP claimed he did not receive the extra cash. My hubby advised that the CCTV footage showed he was given and suggested that he double check. The OP then came back on the phone to advise that he had not checked the cash himself but had handed it directly to his office lady and he would check with her and get back to him. When my hubby called the OP the following morning he stated he had spoken to his office lady and she too was adamant that there had been no overpayment. My hubby urged him to check again as the cashier involved was deeply distressed about the whole situation but it became increasingly obvious that the OP was sticking to this story. My hubby advised that he had no other option but to contact the police with the CCTV. The OP then requested to view the CCTV footage himself, stating that if it showed a “genuine error” had been made he would repay the funds. He did not show up that evening as agreed.

On that evening we were contemplating whether to contact the police there and then, when I decided to Google for info on our legal position. I typed “post office gave me too much money” into the search bar and BINGO, landed straight to this MSE thread where the OP had by sheer coincidence given his thread, which he had only started a few hours earlier, exactly the same title. I was completely stunned to find that the OP had admitted to what had happened and was asking for advice as to the action he could expect from the post office. It became glaringly obvious that the OP had no intention of returning the money but we lived in hope that he might take the advice of the other MSE members

Yesterday morning hubby called the OP again. He was STILL adamant that neither he or his office lady had the money and he couldn’t care less if hubby went to the police as they couldn’t prove he had the money, even if the footage showed he was handed the extra cash.

My hubby then told him that we were aware of the thread he had started on this forum that he had indeed received the extra cash and that we didn't think it would be too hard for the police to trace the IP address back to his office. He was furious stating how dare we question his “honour and integrity” and even when completely caught out he refused to admit the truth. The conversation ended with my hubby telling him that he was making his way directly to the police station there and then.

On the way to the police station, hubby stopped off outside the premises of the OP to get his business address. While there hubby recd a message to say that the OP had called the post office and needed to speak to him urgently. Hubby then called the OP to be told that the office lady had just been questioned again and had admitted to stealing the cash and had just been sacked. The OP also claimed to be deeply offended by hubby’s questioning but regardless would hand in the stolen cash to the post office the following morning.

This morning the OP sent a member of his staff down to the branch , who had left an envelope with a cashier to be given to hubby. To everyone’s relief, on opening it we found it contained £990.

RESULT!!! Even if it was £10 short :j

jjlandlord

So OP has been given £1000 extra cash by an (human) teller and this is not shown on the receipt.

I could see no reason to give it back.
Actually I could see no reason to acknowledge that anything happened at all... OP just received what's on the receipt, right? :A

alanq

If the businessman shows his face in the branch again I trust his withdrawal will be £10 short.

OP just received what's on the receipt, right?

Have you enquired whether he reported his "office lady's" crime to the police? If not perhaps you should do so on his behalf.

izools

Incredible. This has been the best thread in a long time.

I'm happy for your situation being resolved KAMRAY

James129

Op is not one of the brightest theif is he. And then he has the audacity to claim that he has honour and integrity :rotfl: