I gave her £470, and £570 appeared in my account, woo!

OMG, this thread makes me laugh!

The cashier will not be crapping herself. Not least because normally till sharing is in operation during lunchtimes etc. Also, it's £100, thats nothing. The error will generate tommorrow in the morning reports and you're account will be adjusted accordingly.

We had £2500 till discrepencie once. no one batted an eyelid. In addition to that, during a real time project move the local district service centre had a £7000 cash difference.
 
I think i might have a bash at this. Withdraw the maximum amount, and then immediately walk into the bank to pay it back in until this kind of thing happens to me.

Rinse repeat * 200

Should come up trumps eventually right? :)
 
I'm pretty sure the thing from the movie deja-vu IS real, so wait a few days and see if they find out, if nothing your in the clear.

Keeping it and saying nothing could be a good thing eaither way. What if an old man went to put in £5000 to pay for an operation and the same girl counted £4000 and the old man cant afford the op and dies? you could have possibly saved someones life!!!
 
Butters said:
OMG, this thread makes me laugh!

The cashier will not be crapping herself. Not least because normally till sharing is in operation during lunchtimes etc. Also, it's £100, thats nothing. The error will generate tommorrow in the morning reports and you're account will be adjusted accordingly.

We had £2500 till discrepencie once. no one batted an eyelid. In addition to that, during a real time project move the local district service centre had a £7000 cash difference.
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Who's "we"? Because I find all that hard to believe.

Even if they till share (which I doubt) she'll still be partly responsible for the till.

His account won't be adjusted as there no way they can pin it on his account.

And the rest I can't be bothered to comment on. No-one batting an eyelid on a £2500 discrpencie? Heh.

As I said here:

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She won't lose her job unless it's happen before etc. In which case she deserves to :p Keep it :D

Answering lowrider, my dad's a Area Manager. He had a member of staff whos till was something like £300-odd down! After a lengthy inquest he was just given a warning.

A few months after he didn't follow procceedure when opening in the morning (unlocking doors, going in to check no-ones in waiting etc) so then got sacked/resigned. Muppet :p
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I wouldn't want to put my money anywhere near where you work!
 
Well that depends.

Most banks you hand over a paying in slip with the cash. If this says £470 on it and they then review it against the till entry which says £570 then "wow, that was hard".

Worst case scenario it will come back the following day when the vouchers get scanned at DSC.

If it doesnt, it will get written off to miscellaneous and the cashier will get told to be more carfeful.

Re, the £2500, people checked the till, but couldnt find the difference. It came back the following morning as a voucher that had been input to the till but not sent off to DSC.

BUt hell, what do I know. 6 years of banking makes me a newb.
 
I love the way people think banks are so stict with money! Their computers dont even check signatures of cheques unless they are in excess of £1000.
 
Good point with the paying-in slip, the op hasn't mentioned that, Jon? I don't normally fill one in, just hand of the cash and card/details.
 
If you've got a receipt for the money then i cant see them getting any money of you.

A friend works in a bank, and he says their taught to always ask the customer how much is there before they start counting.

Meaning if they count more than what the customer said, either they've made a mistake, or the customer has. Either way it'll mean that you count the money a 2nd time just to be sure.
 
chucky said:
If you've got a receipt for the money then i cant see them getting any money of you.

A friend works in a bank, and he says their taught to always ask the customer how much is there before they start counting.

Meaning if they count more than what the customer said, either they've made a mistake, or the customer has. Either way it'll mean that you count the money a 2nd time just to be sure.
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I was wondering how the transcation might of taking place, whenever I deposit money I always say can I deposit £470 pounds please, now either the OP didn't say or she misunderstood. Either way the OP should have sorted the discrepency even before leaving the bank as he got the receipt.

edit: ah yes paying in slips, I assume the OP filled one in?
 
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Chances of them realizing the mistake and taking £100 back = very high, as @ end of the day they'll know they're £100 down (will compare credits with debits) and will then compare the paying-in slips with the receipts and notice the difference on Jons account.
<according to mum who worked for lloyds bank for 20years>
 
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Damien. said:
Something similar happened to me once. I wrote to my bank claiming £100 back from unautherised overdraft charges and they wrote back offering me £600, This was an abvious mistake on there behalf. 8 Months down the line i had a phone call saying the auditers picked up on the mistake and they wanted it back, i just said sorry ive spent it and she left me alone.

Bottom line, they will notice it but its a mistake on there behalf there not gunna sue your or anything to get it back.
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I think this is a bit of a disgrace. You have no right to the £100, let alone £600.
 
I think you should return it and be honest. If she gets the blame for missing £100 from her till its probably gunna look like she took it some how. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if you were accused of taking 100 if a customer said they put 470 in and they made a mistake and put 570 instead. Don't be an idiot.
 
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