I gave her £470, and £570 appeared in my account, woo!
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I never knew that, i thought they always checked them
I read the other week (can't remember where) that they don't check the dates on the cheques, so post-dated cheques can be cashed any time. Is that true?
What's so hard to believe that there might be SOME honest people out there, you should try it sometime
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I put a couple of cheques in my account totaling 280 and the woman put 2800 but then noticed 
Could do with 2.5 grand extra lol
but I'm too honest and would have said if I noticed.
Could do with 2.5 grand extra lol
but I'm too honest and would have said if I noticed.Oh dear god. The do-goodery on these forums is enough to make me vomit sometimesWhat's so hard to believe that there might be SOME honest people out there, you should try it sometime
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship
Give it a rest will you chaps?
Oh dear god. The do-goodery on these forums is enough to make me vomit sometimes
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-upmanship
Give it a rest will you chaps?
Well when it comes to honesty we should be striving to one-up each other
Well when it comes to honesty we should be striving to one-up each other
I think Ijust threw up
There is always the possibility that the cashier reads OCUK forums and looks up the guys email address in his trust and then his ISP is contacted to give over his address etc. Given that his name is "likely" to be the name in his email addy right there
Extremely unlikely however!
I would keep it! TSB especially (sp?) have ripped me off charging me for insurance I ended in March! they charged me up2 september. Even though I shown them a letter they just claim that I had the insurance benefits for the time I was paying.
What's so hard to believe that there might be SOME honest people out there, you should try it sometime
LOL - perhaps I am an honest peson but I dont shout out to a whole forum saying, I am honest! I consider myself an honest person however from a bank error I would have no qualms in taking £100 from their error (this isnt me justifying it, by the way). I'd say I am far far more honest than you in admiting that I would not report to the bank. I am almost willing to bet £100 that you wouldnt report it to the bank - I believe your pants are on fire, I am calling bull****
Well when it comes to honesty we should be striving to one-up each other
Oh no! Where did you read that from!? Perrrleaase.
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There coming for you right now....
they will know where the money has gone.
there after you.......
ZOMG money Theft Kill.
i think they will work it out tbh.
and that woman has probably already gone through a severe grilling by the bank security / fraud specialist + been suspended.
i wouldnt worry about her shes as good as gone. whats happened has happened. keep the money and keep quiet and see what happens wait till they call you up and call you dishonest though LOL
they will know where the money has gone.
there after you.......
ZOMG money Theft Kill.
i think they will work it out tbh.
and that woman has probably already gone through a severe grilling by the bank security / fraud specialist + been suspended.
i wouldnt worry about her shes as good as gone. whats happened has happened. keep the money and keep quiet and see what happens
wait till they call you up and call you dishonest though LOL
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Na they prolly wont find out until tomorrow when the money is counted. I use to work in a bank in Canada for a while and things like this happend on the odd occasion. Some just got written off where some were resolved.
Where I worked a person would count the money and check it on the receipts and if an amount was missing they would make a call to the teller or manager or whoever and they would look into it. Whatever the outcome I have never known someone to get fired, not over a small amount as £100 anyway.
You would be suprised how often this happens with banks.
Where I worked a person would count the money and check it on the receipts and if an amount was missing they would make a call to the teller or manager or whoever and they would look into it. Whatever the outcome I have never known someone to get fired, not over a small amount as £100 anyway.
You would be suprised how often this happens with banks.
I would think many folks would
Its going to be very hard for them to discover which account has been credited the extra £100 unless you had a particularly memorable encounter and the cashier can remember you bringing £470 not £570.
Ive only ever given away £10 and i was absolutely devastated. 2 years working and £10 towards the end of my time there, its like you have failed. You wonder if the person would bring it back. This person didn't, but i didn't blame them for my mistake and £10. £100 is a bit different though, i imagine the cashier is severely disappointed.
Ive only ever given away £10 and i was absolutely devastated. 2 years working and £10 towards the end of my time there, its like you have failed. You wonder if the person would bring it back. This person didn't, but i didn't blame them for my mistake and £10. £100 is a bit different though, i imagine the cashier is severely disappointed.
I know that at Natwest branches, their cash tills are absolutely rammed full of notes etc, and when depositing cash it, it all goes into the same pool of notes in the till. Therefore once the deposit is made and the cash is added to the pool, the information is lost forever, so only the official records & receipts count towards any traceability. Therefore if your bank is Natwest (or any other bank that doesnt keep individual cash deposits separate), I wouldn't worry about them chasing you for the £100.
I imagine some people on these forums would even go as far as to claim that they'd hand in a winning lottery ticket if they found one on the street... "Because it's the right thing to do!"
I imagine some people on these forums would even go as far as to claim that they'd hand in a winning lottery ticket if they found one on the street... "Because it's the right thing to do!"
I can't see any downsides to this tbh, you're getting some of the money back that the bank has screwed you over down the years, and the lady who can't count will get fired allowing for the bank to recruit some more competent staff which benefits everyone*
*Last bit was only partly serious
*Last bit was only partly serious
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COunter errors will show in the morning. The amount posted to your account will show £570 whereas the processed voucher will show £470 and this will be raised by iPSL as mis-match that will be duly reversed in the morning.
/Branch Manager
/Branch Manager