B&M card transaction fault

molerat

Ergates said:

molerat said:

The app did not tell you that you had paid B&M, the app told you that B&M had requested funds.  Until the till shows the transaction as complete then you have not paid, walking out with the goods in that situation would be theft. There can be a thousand reasons why the transaction failed, there is not a lot anyone in store can do if the system throws up random declines even if "they know about it".  If you want to rely on electronic payment methods you need to have a backup for instances like this.  Take the voucher.

Has the transaction actually shown up as cleared ?

The same is true of any and all debit card transactions.   Do you believe paying by debit card then leaving before the posted transactions is complete (usually the next day) is theft?

Stop being silly. There is a distinct difference between the terminal showing approved rather than declined.