Boat sunk on the Macc on Marple

[WotEver]

Not sure what a "false positive" is...

It's when you make what the bank considers to be an unusual transaction. They block the payment just in case it's fraud.

 

I've had it happen to me on more than one occasion. A phone call sorts it simply and quickly.

[Bod]

Not sure what a "false positive" is, but yes, you're wise to take an alternative to a payment card. My cash has never bounced yet.

 

You wait till you get a couple of false tenners!

 

Bod

[Paul C]

It's when you make what the bank considers to be an unusual transaction. They block the payment just in case it's fraud.

 

I've had it happen to me on more than one occasion. A phone call sorts it simply and quickly.

 

In my experience, they cancel the card and send a new one out with a different number on it - this is not quick, especially if you're about to go on holiday and you find out the morning of the holiday when you try and withdraw some cash!

[WotEver]

 

In my experience, they cancel the card and send a new one out with a different number on it - this is not quick, especially if you're about to go on holiday and you find out the morning of the holiday when you try and withdraw some cash!

Ooh, I've not had that happen.

[Alan de Enfield]

 

In my experience, they cancel the card and send a new one out with a different number on it - this is not quick, especially if you're about to go on holiday and you find out the morning of the holiday when you try and withdraw some cash!

 

In my experience (when the wife was on holiday in Turkey) the bank phone me and say "you have never used your card in Turkey and someone is making a high value purchase in a Jewellery shop - is it OK to authorise it ?"

 

It happened a couple of years later when she was in Greece.

[lulu fish]

 

In my experience, they cancel the card and send a new one out with a different number on it - this is not quick, especially if you're about to go on holiday and you find out the morning of the holiday when you try and withdraw some cash!

My bank are pretty good with this, they send out a new card with a courier and get it to you within 24 hrs.

[WotEver]

 

In my experience (when the wife was on holiday in Turkey) the bank phone me and say "you have never used your card in Turkey and someone is making a high value purchase in a Jewellery shop - is it OK to authorise it ?"

 

It happened a couple of years later when she was in Greece.

Yes. That's the kind of thing that I've experienced.

[Laurie Booth]

 

You wait till you get a couple of false tenners!

 

Bod

A fake £10 note will fetch £20 from a collector.

[RD1]

...

Some of what you say makes sense, but when you tell me that you're afraid to call your dog by its name in case it lets some tab-hanging hacker into your Swiss bank account, I think you may be taking prudence a little too far.

You are so wrong...

 

 

We haven't got a dog lol...

 

 

We have loads of fish in the pond, and obviously for security reasons we decided not to name any of them, how coy is that lol?

 

Richard.

[WotEver]

You are so wrong...

 

 

We haven't got a dog lol...

 

 

We have loads of fish in the pond, and obviously for security reasons we decided not to name any of them, how coy is that lol?

 

Richard.

Yes, very koi of you.

[Paul C]

Of course, the advantage is (this is a historical rule based on small farms where they might keep mixed livestock and a number of pets too) that if you don't name it, you can eat it.

[Athy]

It's when you make what the bank considers to be an unusual transaction. They block the payment just in case it's fraud.

 

I've had it happen to me on more than one occasion. A phone call sorts it simply and quickly.

Ah yes, I have heard of that happening.

You are so wrong...

 

 

We haven't got a dog lol...

 

 

We have loads of fish in the pond, and obviously for security reasons we decided not to name any of them, how coy is that lol?

 

Richard.

It's not worth carping on about.

 

Bod, you have reminded me: I did once get a fake £5 note in my change in a perfectly respectable pub in Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire. I tried to spend it the next day and the shopkeeper spotted it. I took it back to the pub, whose landlady was most apologetic and gave me a real one in exchange.

[ditchcrawler]

 

 

 

We have loads of fish in the pond, and obviously for security reasons we decided not to name any of them, how coy is that lol?

 

Richard.

A fishy story

[WotEver]

Is Pokemon a Rastafarian proctologist?

[RLWP]

I've got a chicken-proof lawn

 

It's impeccable

 

Richard

[Athy]

I've got a chicken-proof lawn

 

It's impeccable

 

Richard

Oh, that's fowl.

[RLWP]

Oh, that's fowl.

 

Don't blame me - I nicked it from Tim Vine

 

Richard

[WotEver]

I was flabbergasted. Yes, I was appalled at how much weight I'd gained.

[Mike Todd]

Yes, very koi of you.

Depends on whether you are on the Grand Union at Copper Mill . . .

[WotEver]

Depends on whether you are on the Grand Union at Copper Mill . . .

 

Did you hear that whooshing sound? That was your post flying over my head

[RD1]

Did you hear that whooshing sound? That was your post flying over my head

Had to look it up myself lol

 

 

Coy Carp pub, Vintage inns at Uxbridge.

 

It's the "plaice" to be.

[WotEver]

Had to look it up myself lol

Coy Carp pub, Vintage inns at Uxbridge.

It's the "plaice" to be.

Ahh... Cod knows how I was supposed to know that

[Mike Todd]

Ahh... Cod knows how I was supposed to know that

Somewhat sadly I would have to agree that the GU below Cowroast is relatively underused and too few people venture there unless en route from a well know boat seller to there intended long term berth on the Regents Canal or Paddington Branch (!)

[Laurie Booth]

Bod, you have reminded me: I did once get a fake £5 note in my change in a perfectly respectable pub in Horsley Woodhouse, Derbyshire. I tried to spend it the next day and the shopkeeper spotted it. I took it back to the pub, whose landlady was most apologetic and gave me a real one in exchange.

She could have made £5 on the deal.

[RD1]

She could have made £5 on the deal.

So could you lol...