Cash Machine Payout.

Drac01971 · 23 Feb 2006 at 09:36

A cash machine over the road has been paying out 20's rather than 10's.
They turned it off about 45minutes ago, but my question is:

Who is responsible for the loss?

Do the lucky people who withdrew £20 and were given £40 have to pay it back? What about the ones that withdrew £180 and got £360

My thoughts are this, it's the Banks fault, so they take the loss; does anyone know the actual law behind these incidents?

Cheers.

D.

Drac01971 · 23 Feb 2006 at 09:41

Thats rather what I'm hoping.

D.

Drac01971 · 23 Feb 2006 at 10:04

Obviously they have logs of all transactions so know who took money out and when.

But surely they can't write off the loss of £20 to Mr jones but then persue Mr Draco for £180, that would be discrimination. I expect they can ask for the money but do
they have a legal claim?

Also I'd be very supprised if the bank, who I don't bank with, can take the money straight back out of an account without permission or a court order, that would be theft!

D.

Drac01971 · 23 Feb 2006 at 11:57

Bonus, thats what I like to hear.

The worst that can happen is the extra money would have to be returned, but the alternative is a clear £180 profit...

D.