I have heard a few nightmare stories about credit cards and peoples accounts being compromised, but until today I have never experienced any problems at all.
I dropped Mr's M off at Tesco to do some shopping and I went to fill up with fuel, I put £61.46 worth of diesel in and with the 5P per liter discount I was pleased to pay £59.31, until I tried to pay for it with my trusty old credit card.
The lass whispered, "sorry sir, your card has been rejected".
I have had a card for longer than I can remember and until recently my credit limit was £15000.00, but they wrote to me earlier in the year to advise that they would be dropping it to £5000.00 because my spending in recent years rarely go over £1000.00, and I'm happy enough with that.
Fortunately I got my debit card with me and I paid for my fuel and left. I phoned Mr's M and her card had been declined at the checkout as well, but was able to muster up enough cash to pay for her shopping.
I thought my card had been compromised and got onto them a bit sharpish. After a lengthy session of press 1 press 2, etc, followed by how important my call was to them I got to speak to an operator and it transpired that instead of dropping my limit to £5000.00, they had inadvertently dropped it to £50.00. I have to say that the lad that spoke to dealt with it well, put my limit back up, credited my account with £10.00 for the inconvenience and the cost of a call.
It now seems that I have joined the ranks of the many people that seem to get problems with there card provider, but we all make mistakes I suppose.
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