I'm Skint

[Blaque]

Got a new debit card from the bank last month as the current one had split down the magnetic strip (as they tend to do in my wallet ).

New Card, New number.

Used it twice in the local garage.
Twice in seperate cash machines.
3 x high street shops.
4 x Online.
One of which was the DVLA for new tax disc.
Two were ebay/paypal. I don't think the seller gets the payment details.
The last was a retailer a lot of us have used to buy wiper blades

6 Easyjet flights and 2 lastminute.com bookings in Euros over 1st & 2nd of this month they had eaten right into my overdraft limit

Should be all back into my account by next week, and the bank was very good at sorting it out. But it's very worrying that someone can do that to you.

[BiggestNizzy]

Know how you feel I'm skint too and money just keep's flying out my account and getting spent on shoes/hanbags/mobile phone, the crap thing about it is it's the girlfriend!

[Dominic]

Know how you feel I'm skint too and money just keep's flying out my account and getting spent on shoes/hanbags/mobile phone, the crap thing about it is it's not the girlfriend!

[Blaque]

getting spent on shoes/hanbags/mobile phone, the crap thing about it, is it's the girlfriends

Maybe she'll let you share, if you ask her nicely

[Dominic]

Got a new debit card from the bank last month as the current one had split down the magnetic strip (as they tend to do in my wallet ).

New Card, New number.

Used it twice in the local garage.
Twice in seperate cash machines.
3 x high street shops.
4 x Online.
One of which was the DVLA for new tax disc.
Two were ebay/paypal. I don't think the seller gets the payment details.
The last was a retailer a lot of us have used to buy wiper blades

6 Easyjet flights and 2 lastminute.com bookings in Euros over 1st & 2nd of this month they had eaten right into my overdraft limit

Should be all back into my account by next week, and the bank was very good at sorting it out. But it's very worrying that someone can do that to you.

That's cr@p!

Good to hear the bank sorted it swiftly!

[Rich H]

Well where are you going on holiday? If its paid for in your name then phone them up and change the flights....

[steve_weegie]

blaque, what kind of protection do you have on your PC? it's very easy to get stung by a key logger - it'll tell them everything they need to know to order stuff online.....

[Blaque]

If only I had that many days left to take this year.

[Rich H]

Then change them into someone's name who has got holiday! :D:D

[BiggestNizzy]

I have 2 weeks left

[Blaque]

blaque, what kind of protection do you have on your PC? it's very easy to get stung by a key logger - it'll tell them everything they need to know to order stuff online.....

I use F-Secure internet security at home.
The other worrying thing is that one of the transactions was done at work which is behind a hardware firewall.


.....And....err......I'm in charge of that

[Rich H]

My bet would be the pretol stations.

[BiggestNizzy]

My bet would be the pretol stations.

[Edin430]

i only ever pay cash in petrol stations after getting stung myself...

[j2 lot]

Which petrol station/s do you use - heads up so we can all avoid !!