NatWest: The Bank that Steals Your Money

[nfotxn]

Wonderful. I decided to withdraw £300 from the ATM for my vacation tomorrow. I know, a bit of a dumb idea but I figured it was within my limits and it is nearly 2004 after all. These sorts of conveniences should be available to me, no? The machine whirrs about, I remove my card... and no cash is dispensed. Frantically I check my balance and £300 has indeed been deducted from my balance. So now I have to finish packing, wake up early and head to the bank, dispute the transaction and hope that they can give me the money right there before heading to Aberdeen to pick up Fergus for 4:30PM and catching a train to Edinburgh.

I'm pretty sure it's not a BIG deal when ATMs screw up. Just a matter of going through the motions. But I'm going on vacation tomorrow, I mean talk about wonderful timing.

Comments

[grrtigger.livejournal.com]

Fucking hell, that sucks. Sorry to hear it, Brodie; crossing fingers in your direction that you get this all taken care of as painlessly as possible.

ps, I know I don't post to your journal very often but I *do* follow what you're up to ;)

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

Cards usually have a phone number on 'em. You should call it immediately after attempting and failing to withdraw cash.