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Didn't charge me for order 6 months ago, now want it, what can I do?

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edited 4 July 2012 at 5:43PM in Consumer rights
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  • vuvuzela
    vuvuzela Posts: 3,648 Forumite
    You owe them the money and they have 6 years to follow up for payment. Why on earth do you think you should get away with taking their goods and denying them payment ?
  • Looksguywalker
    Looksguywalker Posts: 695 Forumite
    serenrose wrote: »
    I made an online order to karen millen just after Christmas 6 months ago, which due to some technical glitch, karen millen didn't charge me for.
    I just received an email this morning saying they will charge my card for it within 3 days.
    Is it valid for them to charge me, given it has been 6 months and due to their own error?


    Yes it is.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "What can I do?"

    Make sure there are sufficient funds in your bank
  • unholyangel
    unholyangel Posts: 16,866 Forumite
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    You could also ask for more time to pay or request to pay by instalments.

    But as others have said, they do have up to 6 years to chase you for payment.
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    serenrose wrote: »
    I made an online order to karen millen just after Christmas 6 months ago, which due to some technical glitch, karen millen didn't charge me for.
    I just received an email this morning saying they will charge my card for it within 3 days.
    Is it valid for them to charge me, given it has been 6 months and due to their own error?

    When you realised you hadn't been charged, what did you do?
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    When you realised you hadn't been charged, what did you do?

    Left it to earn interest perhaps

    pound-coin_2_thumb.jpg

    Martin would be proud :)
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    More likely spent it thinking they'd got something for nothing.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    arcon5 wrote: »
    Left it to earn interest perhaps

    pound-coin_2_thumb.jpg

    Martin would be proud :)

    Wouldn't the creditor be entitled to some interest as well?
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • hcb42
    hcb42 Posts: 5,962 Forumite
    pay it and move on OP. Money is owed, and you have had the benefit of it for months.
  • InsideInsurance
    InsideInsurance Posts: 22,460 Forumite
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    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    Wouldn't the creditor be entitled to some interest as well?
    Not if they have made no attempt to collect the money as it is purely their own fault.

    If the debtor starts refusing to pay etc then interest would be chargeable if it went to court
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