Cash machine gave wrong amount

Sorry, just realised it wasn't the machine after all. They gave me £10 too much change in Caffe Nero.

Someone'll get in trouble at the end of the day.
 
Lysander said:
Sorry, just realised it wasn't the machine after all. They gave me £10 too much change in Caffe Nero.

Someone'll get in trouble at the end of the day.
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Could become a caffe nero hero by going back and leaving the tenner in the tip jar ;)

Or just buy a tenners worth of scratch cards!
 
estebanrey said:
There used to be a trick you could do with those cash machines in shops (the ones that charge you £2.50 to take your money out) whereby you could get into the management screen (using a default password which was rarely changed) then swap around the £10 and £20 holders in the system. Then you put your card in take out say £100 and you'd get £200 but only a hundred would be logged against your account. You then logged back into the management screen and swapped them back again.

Pretty sure they've stopped it now though.
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No.

You would get £200 and be charged £102.50
 
There was a cash machine in Glasgow city centre recently that was handing out double the amount a person asked for, yet they were only charged the amount they requested. Word spread like mad and people ended up queued round the block trying to use it. The police had to step in to maintain crowd control, though they didn't stop anyone actually using the machine.

Wish I'd been there to see it. I'd have lifted the max £350 :(
 
I went to take a tenner out of a cash machine a few days ago...took my card and walked off:o. I only noticed when I went to pay for something in a shop....they usually make a sound until you take your money, which to be fair, it may well have done and I just didn't notice. :(
 
This happened to a friend of mine, and apparently if this happens it's generally the person who used the machine before you that is £10 down... Your lucky day though I guess
 
Craig1981 said:
There was a cash machine in Glasgow city centre recently that was handing out double the amount a person asked for, yet they were only charged the amount they requested. Word spread like mad and people ended up queued round the block trying to use it. The police had to step in to maintain crowd control, though they didn't stop anyone actually using the machine.

Wish I'd been there to see it. I'd have lifted the max £350 :(
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wow
that is an insane story!!!

is it really true?

* Russia is big
the vatican is small :) lol
 
Pighardia said:
I went to take a tenner out of a cash machine a few days ago...took my card and walked off:o. I only noticed when I went to pay for something in a shop....they usually make a sound until you take your money, which to be fair, it may well have done and I just didn't notice. :(
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After x amount of time, the money will be taken back into the machine and your account deposited. So unless the person next to you took it, you'll be OK.
 
The bank can turn the machine off remotely so the police wouldn't have been there long and mainly to disperse the disappointed crowd.

Here is a similar incident in Scotland (with photo of people queuing)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20377784

But this bit seems ominous....

The Bank of Scotland said the branch would "contact any customers who have been affected".
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In other words they'll probably send them a bill for the extra they gained given the bank know the time and machine that was affected and who used it.
 
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