cautionary cashpoint tale

[Molby]

yes, be careful to always concentrate

 

I ordered £100 but my mind was elsewhere. I was wondering what we could do to Hicks and also if a boy would ever be born that could swim faster than a shark

 

so next thing I was back in my car with the cashpoint card but sans argent - fecking left it in the machine

 

the gap must have been less than a minute but when I went back the money was gone

 

But I have a cunning plan to retrieve the money and will of course keep you posted at all times 'cos you must be dying to know how the saga pans out

[cymrococh]

yes, be careful to always concentrate

 

I ordered £100 but my mind was elsewhere. I was wondering what we could do to Hicks and also if a boy would ever be born that could swim faster than a shark

 

so next thing I was back in my car with the cashpoint card but sans argent - fecking left it in the machine

 

the gap must have been less than a minute but when I went back the money was gone

 

But I have a cunning plan to retrieve the money and will of course keep you posted at all times 'cos you must be dying to know how the saga pans out

Had a similar thing and people called me back. In London's criminal East End no less.

 

Were there people queuing behind you? If not then the machine probably sucked it back in.

Edited September 24, 2009 by Captain Sanil Crastow

[Gunga Din]

if the money wasnt taken with a set time frame it goes back into the machine. 30 seconds after your card is removed i think. phone your bank. you may not have lost it

[smithdown]

It's the cashpoint monster

[Noel Street]

if the money wasnt taken with a set time frame it goes back into the machine. 30 seconds after your card is removed i think. phone your bank. you may not have lost it

 

 

lets hope its not barclays

[Ostrich Man]

I f***ing hate it when you go to use a cash machine and some wee c*** has done big chocolatey gobs over the keypad.

[Andy @ Allerton]

A couple of years ago in the Barclays in Allerton I was going to the cashpoint when a car pulled up. Young girl driving 18-19 maybe and a lad about the same age. He gets in front of me (Fair enough, I'm not in a rush) and he (it seemed to me) worriedly put his details in - he seemed to be nervous about something (Unless it was having a fat git like me innocently waiting behind him). Anyway he finishes and rushes back to the car.

 

I went to the machine and there must have been at least a couple of hundred quid there. I grabbed it and went to the car before it shot off and the lad gave me a terrified look through the window. I knocked on the glass and he looked quite laughably fearful. I showed him the load of money and he wound his window down. I said "You've left all this in the machine, mate". He grabbed it - cue hysterial lambasting of the lad by his missus.

 

Went back to the machine and got my cash and headed off (To the sound of the card speeding away) - was quite weird.

 

Possbily not quite as weird as a few years back walking past it at 3am and finding a JCB parked in the middle of the road with loads of police around it and a crushed ATM machine!

Edited September 24, 2009 by Andy @ Allerton

[Molby]

thing is, I'd never done this before but I did it a month ago in Florence too, although this time someone came over with the money

 

 

I'm clearly entering some kind of fugue like state when in the presence of cashpoints

 

my plan is what Wayne suggested although I may substitute the bit about forgetting the cash with 'helping an old lady who had just fell down and when I got up the cash was gone'

[Mike]

at the old barclays in east finchley i went to the cash point and it was whirring away like a f***ed robot. anyways, i waited for about 30 seconds to calm down and £300, count them £300 quid came out. didn't even put my cash card in.

 

i did wink at the camera beside the screen though and went about my business in great spirits.

[Superjay]

I f***ing hate it when you go to use a cash machine and some wee c*** has done big chocolatey gobs over the keypad.

 

I hate it when you have two machines beside each other and you stuck behind two aul ones chattin away while at each machine.

[sutty]

Did you know that a cash point is stocked with cash draws that contain 20 grand?

 

A lad I went to uni with stuck his card in the cash point to get out a tenner. Out comes 2 tenners. So he thinks - f***ing ace. I'll take out another tenner to see what happens. Out comes 2 tenners.

 

So he takes out 200. Out comes 400. Winner!

 

Until the bank's audit picked up what had happened and he was debited the full amount and charged for breaching his overdraft limit.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

yes, be careful to always concentrate

 

I ordered £100 but my mind was elsewhere. I was wondering what we could do to Hicks and also if a boy would ever be born that could swim faster than a shark

 

so next thing I was back in my car with the cashpoint card but sans argent - fecking left it in the machine

 

the gap must have been less than a minute but when I went back the money was gone

 

But I have a cunning plan to retrieve the money and will of course keep you posted at all times 'cos you must be dying to know how the saga pans out

 

I've done this twice, £50 each time, at exactly the same cashpoint. And it's the only two times I've ever used that cashpoint.

 

Someone must have grabbed the cash.

[dorgie]

yes, be careful to always concentrate

 

I ordered £100 but my mind was elsewhere. I was wondering what we could do to Hicks and also if a boy would ever be born that could swim faster than a shark

 

so next thing I was back in my car with the cashpoint card but sans argent - fecking left it in the machine

 

the gap must have been less than a minute but when I went back the money was gone

 

But I have a cunning plan to retrieve the money and will of course keep you posted at all times 'cos you must be dying to know how the saga pans out

 

Glad to hear that happened someone else. I did that a few weeks back, had to leg it back down the 'up' escalator. The next person in the queue just stood there, mouth gaping, looking at me. Never called me, the daft bitch. The money was still there though....which was nice.

[Rich Gobey]

Not sure if you can still do this but...

 

If you request, say, £60 - wait til the money comes out, reach into the wad still stuck in the jaws of the machine and carefully pull out a £20 note from the middle of the pile, let the machine suck the cash back in and your account will show nothing debited from your account. only tried this once (admittedly about 10years ago) but it worked.

[Mike]

hmmm

 

so if you did 200 and took out the middle 100...

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

Not sure if you can still do this but...

 

If you request, say, £60 - wait til the money comes out, reach into the wad still stuck in the jaws of the machine and carefully pull out a £20 note from the middle of the pile, let the machine suck the cash back in and your account will show nothing debited from your account. only tried this once (admittedly about 10years ago) but it worked.

 

why haven't you done it since? several times per day, come to that?

[Andy @ Allerton]

I was with Anny Road in Istanbul when he left his gold card in the ATM and a local ran after him and gave him it back.

[Rich Gobey]

hmmm

 

so if you did 200 and took out the middle 100...

 

Try it.

 

why haven't you done it since? several times per day, come to that?

 

I dont really have the guts to be a routine criminal.

[Jonesy]

I had the old 20 spot for a 10 take out. It's ace when that happens .......and I didn't even get the hit for the other 10 spot!!

[Dee]

i have in the past gone to a cash point to take out some cash only for my mind to go completely blank, i can't remember the pin - not for the life of me...

 

[Duncan Disorderly]

I f***ing hate it when you go to use a cash machine and some wee c*** has done big chocolatey gobs over the keypad.

Sorry about that, I was eating a whole Ritter Sport in one go.

[Jonesy]

i have in the past gone to a cash point to take out some cash only for my mind to go completely blank, i can't remember the pin - not for the life of me...

 

 

 

I must of missed that thread by you

Edited September 24, 2009 by Jonesy

[_00_deathscar]

This forum is certainly intriguing.

 

We have a whole load of criminals on this forum who love to spend hours ironing at home...

[ManxRed]

i have in the past gone to a cash point to take out some cash only for my mind to go completely blank, i can't remember the pin - not for the life of me...

 

 

You need to get a man in who can remember the PIN.

[Molby]

You need to get a man in who can remember the PIN.

 

 

you should always carry the pin number on a scrap of paper next to the card, in case you forget what it is