offline eftpos transactions

Post by **Alex** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:24 pm

hey guys,

quick question, went to a local veggie supermarket(spud shed) about 2 and abit weeks ago.

Purchased about $120 worth of stuff, but their eftpos was down. They did the old swipe of the card on the carbon paper machine thing in two transactions because the limit with these manual machines in apparantly $75.

Now the money for this hasnt exitted my account....free groceries???

does it take a while for these thing sto go thru? I spose it would depend on when/if the supermarket lodged the carbon paper things.

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:40 pm

the cashier probably lost the carbons (you can hope) otherwise someone went WTF is this and turfed it.

The money should have been sucked from your account within the week.

OR as you say they may not have ventured out into the sun with them

TOONGA

Post by **Alex** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:50 pm

TOONGA wrote:the cashier probably lost the carbons (you can hope) otherwise someone went WTF is this and turfed it.

The money should have been sucked from your account within the week.

OR as you say they may not have ventured out into the sun with them

TOONGA

semi concerning, they have a print of my card and the verification numbers on the back of the card.

this is all thats needed to buy stuff over the net. I dont really want this kind of info being 'lost'

hmmmz

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:02 pm

Well report it to the bank and ask why it hasn't been processed. Im hoping you kept your copy.

TOONGA

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:21 pm

Alex wrote:semi concerning, they have a print of my card and the verification numbers on the back of the card.

this is all thats needed to buy stuff over the net. I dont really want this kind of info being 'lost'

hmmmz

alex

call the bank and tell them your security may have been compramised and get a new card issued -not worth the risk

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:56 pm

wow cant beleive places still ahve those carbon machines!!

davo

Brumby91 · Post by **Brumby91** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:23 pm

Go back, buy the same amount of shit again ( at the same price) and when they catch up with you say " Hey you double charged me" , hang up the phone and say quietly " thanks for the free shit" lol

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:05 pm

In my experience with this type of situation it took longer than two weeks for the money to 'leave' my account so I do not think one week is long enough.

So much time had passed that when the charge was finally debited I had completely forgotten about the transaction. Only realised something was amiss when a different payment failed due to lack of funds!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:17 am

Credit card or savings/chq, if was the latter, don't think it will process. You may need to fix them up for the $120 or shop elsewhere in future

Post by **Alex** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:40 am

it was via my savings account on my debit mastercard.

i still have my copies of the receipts.

might just tell the bank i need a new card and get a freshy issued.

i doubt theyd remember me next time i go there, a already thought i got some decent bargains, now theyre super bargains (until or if the money comes out)

local WA scotch fillet steak for $10 a kilo!

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:28 pm

D3V1L wrote:wow cant beleive places still ahve those carbon machines!!

We use them up at hotham for credit card imprints to cover the bond requirements - they're only ever fully processed if we need to claim money for a trashed room. AFAIK we've not had to act on any of the imprints this season in our hotel.

Most places will have these old machines as a back up when the EFTPOS is down.

Cheers

Bennie

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:12 pm

New card

coupe · Post by **coupe** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:33 am

It can take quite a few weeks to process that transaction. about 2/3 weeks because the owner has to go thru the teller at the bank.

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:23 am

I wouldn't worry about it, just let it ride, it's not like they wanted to use the carbon machine but every business should carry one in case the eftpos goes down, maybe they are just slack doing the banking but seriously doubt they would compromise themselves, remember that's all we had a few years ago and if they did catch up all you'd need to say is you never check the statements.............New card is an absolute pain especially if you have regular withdrawals, I went through 2 cards in 2 weeks & trying to fix things when overseas was horrid, thank god for Skype.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:47 am

yeah.. I don't think the issue is with the company. I think that it's because if the company did lose that carbon copy, it could fall into the wrong hands. I'd rather be save than sorry

BTW Alex.. what are you worried about.. don't you think your spare million in the bank is safe

Post by **Alex** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:21 am

thanks for the tips guys. The money still hasnt come out.

id rather not get a new card as i do have alot of auto transactions coming off this card.

i'll see with time i guess.

RSR 555 wrote: BTW Alex.. what are you worried about.. don't you think your spare million in the bank is safe

dont be silly!

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:44 pm

Bank will cover you anyhow if they know it's not you and you have pretty strong idea where it came from if there were dodgy withdrawals.

Post by **Alex** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:14 pm

well the funds have come out over the last few days. DAYNG!

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:49 pm

Shit Happens, obviously slack at banking.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:31 pm

d_generate wrote:Shit Happens, obviously slack at banking.

Or the bank doesn't know what to do with those bits of paper...

Cheers

Bennie