Can a supermarket confiscate girlfriends debit card?

mynameisdave

BugsyBrowne wrote: »

Well TBH I don't know many fraudsters who's first port of call is the beano, it's probably a jobsworth cashier trying to earn brownie points.

Or a fraudster doing the instore equivalent of 'tester' amounts. You get away with some child orientated products and comeback the next day to buy 100 fags and £20 of lottery scratch cards

borkid

Andy7856 wrote: »

Another funny thing was if the name was out of character with the person, eg a punk handed the card over with the name on the card "The Reverend John Smith" we would have to pretend the card machine was faulty so we could phone up and authorise it!

Appologies to punks (or members of the Clergy) if I ever slowed you down at my till!!

Oh dear so if I get stopped it'll be because I have no wedding ring on but have Mrs on my card. Arthritis has a lot to answer for

reclusive46

When I was a younger, maybe 20 or 21 (Probably looked about 17)? I had an American Express card (Still do) but whenever I went into this one shop, they'd always call for authorisation because the machine wasn't working supposedly. Awfully odd considering it magically worked when someone went to the checkout after me.

Bufger

cookertron wrote: »

Perhaps my judgement has been clouded by the immense feelings of frustration.

They should still have asked for the goods I'd purchased back if they thought that I could have been using the card fraudulently. Maybe I'm just knitpicking though.

I still think this gung-ho approach to confiscating the cards is over the top. Yes we live in a world of rules and regs but in the age of Chip and Pin, I'm sure cards are used by partners all the time. Even the guys patting the cashier on the back have probably done it.

oh well, live and learn


Thanks for the feedback.

Cookertron

I've used my wifes card for our joint account when i forgot my pin. I did this for the best part of a year! I wouldnt have put up a fight if a retailer took it from me as it clearly wasnt my card.

And if you think chip and pin is secure you should work on a checkout, i did for a year whilst at uni and so many old ladies told me their pin numbers!! All it would take is for one dishonest person to hear that and talk the old dear out of her card or mug her and i'd bet they'd clear her out before she knew what to do next.

'can you please enter your pin number into the machine'
'oh yes dear its XXXX'
'erm.. into the machine please'