Bank Card Swallowed

paconnors

Heres a good one, just been up to the Bank Of Ireland to withdraw money with my Permenant Tsb card and the F***ing Machiene ate my card it asked me for my pin three times and it ate it , Now i have no money for weekend ^&*(%$£ ^&^&%$£$ ah well thats my rant

Rabies

You put the wrong pin in three times.
What did you expect?


Edit: Is "mod" not a censored word for user tags?

green123

unlucky

Black Swan

The three strikes and you out (swallowed) is for everyone's protection in this age of electronic theft.

Ruu_Old

Look on the bright side, the money will still be there (for a few days anyway) by the time you get your new pin sorted out instead of wasting it on zee demon bottle. Blessing in disguise maybe or something. *dun dunnnnnn*

rugbug86

i'm sure a friend could lend ya some monies if needed.

i got locked out of my internet banking the other day - thought i had put it in properly and all.

Besprechen

Rabies wrote:

You put the wrong pin in three times.
What did you expect?

thats assuming the OP put in the wrong pin of course, if it wasnt then its not the machine thats got your card right now!

rugbug86

did the OP not say that he put the pin in 3 times?

Rabies

green123 wrote:

unlucky

I would use a diffferent word.

Besprechen wrote:

thats assuming the OP put in the wrong pin of course, if it wasnt then its not the machine thats got your card right now!

Uh huh... We better get this thread moved to Consipiracy Theories Batman.

testicle

Machine had one of these skimming machines in it, and other people are not happily spending his money.

Lump

rugbug86 wrote:

did the OP not say that he put the pin in 3 times?

Yes he did, but the point people are making is that the machine may have had a card holding device that stores your card. So maybe he entered the pin 3 times, and now some crook is emptying he account. I'm sure he was smart enough to ring the 24/7 emergency line though.

John

Dave!

Lump wrote:

Yes he did, but the point people are making is that the machine may have had a card holding device that stores your card. So maybe he entered the pin 3 times, and now some crook is emptying he account. I'm sure he was smart enough to ring the 24/7 emergency line though.

John

He entered the pin wrong 3 times. There MAY be some sort of criminal thing going on. Or the machine may have just taken his card like they always do when you enter the pin wrong 3 times.

Which is more likely? The choice, is yours.

OP this happened a mate of mine, just go to the bank and tell them, and they'll send out a replacement card to wherever you opened your account (my mate's was in Wickleh and he was living in Tallaght, doh!), and I presume you show ID down there and you're given your card. Takes a bit of time though.

MrJoeSoap

You want a horror story re: Bank Cards?

Was in Thailand this summer, and staying on a very quiet island. It was about 8 days until I was due to fly home, and we were leaving this particular island the next day to head back to Bangkok. Anyway, at about 1am on the last night, I decided I'd head to a nearby ATM on my rented moped to withdraw all the money for the rest of the holiday, to avoid taking it out in small amounts and paying lots of bank charges...

So I drive to the ATM, and the island isn't really what you might think of as your typical Thai island. It's basically one huge straight road for about 30km. I get to the ATM, which is about 500m down the main road from my resort, and put in my card.

No problems yet, I enter in that I would like to withdraw about 15,000 Baht (300 Euro or so...). The machine displays me a confirmation screen, asking if I'm sure. Literally the instant I push yes, it is as if the power switch for the entire island has been pushed. Now it was dark before, but this time it was absolute black. I'm standing there, ****ting it, thinking its some sort of scam and that my money has been taken, but I didn't have a phone and was afraid to leave the machine in case the money was going to come out if the power came back on. There was absolutely nobody around, bar the odd car that would drive past every five minutes or so.

Eventually I decided to head back to the resort to get someones phone (and someone to come with me!) and ring AIB, to see what the story was as regards the money. On my way back, of course, I got lost in the dark and ended up being flanked by another moped with two eager prostitutes on it, both of whom were extremely suspect looking (Thailand is famous for its 'ladyboys'). Anyway, I got away from those two and their playful spanking, and eventually got back.

Rang AIB and found that both the money and the card were gone. So I had to rely on handouts from mates until I could eventually get money forwarded to me a few days later, but man that was the scariest night of my life!

Oh, and I got the money back into my account when I got home.

As Borat might say, great success!

Dave!

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Oh, and I got the money back into my account when I got home.

Happy ending at least!

Savman

paconnors wrote:

Heres a good one, just been up to the Bank Of Ireland to withdraw money with my Permenant Tsb card and the F***ing Machiene ate my card it asked me for my pin three times and it ate it , Now i have no money for weekend ^&*(%$£ ^&^&%$£$ ah well thats my rant

Noone to blame but yourself. If the machine's buttons were faulty (unlikely), after the 2nd attempt at entering your PIN you could have pressed "Cancel" to get your card back. If you cannot remember a 4 digit number, you will always have this problem with banking and credit cards, fact.

Feral Mutant

Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought the OP ate his card?
. . . *tumbleweed* . . .
Moving on, I broke my card before but I called the bank and got a new one a few days later. Thing is since I had the card they asked for a number on it to confirm it was mine. If it wasn't for that I'd probably need one of the other numbers to do with my account. I know my PIN offhand and have my acc no around somewhere but I can't remember any of the numbers I've gotten in the post saying "Please memorise this number and destroy this message".

Terry

no card, no cash, no chips.

blahhh

Just last week i entered my pin wrong 3 times... It DID NOT swallow my card...it gave it back and said contact bank to unlock pin....I'm with AIB btw

me and the biz

MrJoeSoap wrote:

You want a horror story re: Bank Cards?

Was in Thailand this summer, and staying on a very quiet island. It was about 8 days until I was due to fly home, and we were leaving this particular island the next day to head back to Bangkok. Anyway, at about 1am on the last night, I decided I'd head to a nearby ATM on my rented moped to withdraw all the money for the rest of the holiday, to avoid taking it out in small amounts and paying lots of bank charges...

So I drive to the ATM, and the island isn't really what you might think of as your typical Thai island. It's basically one huge straight road for about 30km. I get to the ATM, which is about 500m down the main road from my resort, and put in my card.

No problems yet, I enter in that I would like to withdraw about 15,000 Baht (300 Euro or so...). The machine displays me a confirmation screen, asking if I'm sure. Literally the instant I push yes, it is as if the power switch for the entire island has been pushed. Now it was dark before, but this time it was absolute black. I'm standing there, ****ting it, thinking its some sort of scam and that my money has been taken, but I didn't have a phone and was afraid to leave the machine in case the money was going to come out if the power came back on. There was absolutely nobody around, bar the odd car that would drive past every five minutes or so.

Eventually I decided to head back to the resort to get someones phone (and someone to come with me!) and ring AIB, to see what the story was as regards the money. On my way back, of course, I got lost in the dark and ended up being flanked by another moped with two eager prostitutes on it, both of whom were extremely suspect looking (Thailand is famous for its 'ladyboys'). Anyway, I got away from those two and their playful spanking, and eventually got back.

Rang AIB and found that both the money and the card were gone. So I had to rely on handouts from mates until I could eventually get money forwarded to me a few days later, but man that was the scariest night of my life!

Oh, and I got the money back into my account when I got home.

As Borat might say, great success!

I was in South Africa at the start of the year and there was power shortages for a few months. At one point there'd be power for only three or four hours a day and no way to tell when the power was going to go. So getting money out of ATM's was very sketchy for that reason in your post.

Slippin Jimmy

paconnors wrote:

Heres a good one, just been up to the Bank Of Ireland to withdraw money with my Permenant Tsb card and the F***ing Machiene ate my card it asked me for my pin three times and it ate it , Now i have no money for weekend ^&*(%$£ ^&^&%$£$ ah well thats my rant

Could ya not remeber your pin? Where you locked?

Fraggle Rocks

rugbug86 wrote:

i'm sure a friend could lend ya some monies if needed.

i got locked out of my internet banking the other day - thought i had put it in properly and all.

i did that today. Im definitely had the right details entered, caps lock wasn't on etc. Now im worried someones after skimming my card or something.

paconnors

Heres the story, i put my mothers card in and i entered in my pin we are both with the same bank. Tried my card later on and discovered i had no funds in said account, direct debit came out

Sangre

If its your mother's card she will need to ring up and leave a message for it to be cancelled, open24 is closed now. The card will be cancelled on monday morning and a new one will be sent out with a new pin to her house in 3-5 working days.

If its not her ringing in to cancel then the card will be totally cancelled and she'll need to get a new one generated in the bank.

paconnors

i'l bring her into the bank on monday she can collect it there

Sangre

She'll need a new card if you entered in the details incorrectly 3 times. Quickest way to get one is cancel current one, she'll have to get a new one sent out to her anyway.

ninebeanrows

Well at least ya didnt get 60euro nicked off ya like i did:mad:

And then when i tried to get it back they did absolutely nothing, flippin disgrace but ya gotta get on with it:rolleyes:

Lump

Surely there's a 24hour 7 days a week emergancy number to ring...

http://www.cardwatch.org.uk/default.asp?sectionid=3&pageid=110

John

sioda

The problem with the emergency number is that it is on the back of the card

BuffyBot

i'l bring her into the bank on monday she can collect it there

Swallowed cards are rarely returned out of the ATM.

pstb Lost & Stolen

ptsb wrote:

Lost or Stolen Card?
ATM/Laser Cards (24 hours) 1800 687 687

Seth Brundle

So the ATM swallows, not spits!

LundiMardi

haha, that's gotta suck..

missgiggles

The OP didn't necessarily enter their pin incorrectly 3 times. This happened me a the Friday of a bank holiday a couple of years ago.I entered my card and the correct pin but instead of displaying the amounts I could withdraw the computer re-booted and the screen came back saying the atm was out of order. The security man I spoke to said it was a regular occurrence with those atms and I would have to wait until Securicore came to restock it before I would get it back. It fecked up my weekend but my card was sent back to my bank the following week.

Mr. CooL ICE

Feral Mutant wrote:

Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought the OP ate his card?

Nope, I thought it too. I'm rather disappointed now...

Lump

sioda wrote:

The problem with the emergency number is that it is on the back of the card

...... or on the link that I posted :rolleyes:

MrJoeSoap

Lump wrote:

...... or on the link that I posted :rolleyes:

Which doesn't help when you're stuck on a pitch-black island in Thailand at 1am...

But I'm sure your link was appreciated.

I thought this was going to be a thread about a bank card being swallowed by someone. Was thinking it would be a bitch to pass through.

Hrm, what happens to the cards once they are swallowed though? Does it stay in the pass machine for someone to take it out and hold on to it?

Sangre

They're posted to the bank of the card and then they're either sent to the address of the customer if its secure, dispose of it if its cancelled or hold onto it for a period.

stovelid

sorry If somebody else has already said this but who thought this thread was about a person managing to swallow their bank card?

paconnors wrote:

Heres a good one, just been up to the Bank Of Ireland to withdraw money with my Permenant Tsb card and the F***ing Machiene ate my card it asked me for my pin three times and it ate it , Now i have no money for weekend ^&*(%$£ ^&^&%$£$ ah well thats my rant

Sangre

Sangre wrote:

If its your mother's card she will need to ring up and leave a message for it to be cancelled, open24 is closed now. The card will be cancelled on monday morning and a new one will be sent out with a new pin to her house in 3-5 working days.

If its not her ringing in to cancel then the card will be totally cancelled and she'll need to get a new one generated in the bank.

Am i the only one that found that sentence funny? .. not very 24, is it?

Unless you meant theyre closed down for good..

Seth Brundle

stovelid wrote:

sorry If somebody else has already said this but who thought this thread was about a person managing to swallow their bank card?

The title of the thread gave that impression to me and presumably the other person.

Sangre

Deleted User wrote:

Am i the only one that found that sentence funny? .. not very 24, is it?

Unless you meant theyre closed down for good..

The 24 in Open24 refers to the fact the Automated Phone and Internet banking is available 24 hours a day.

StupidLikeAFox

I dunno what some of ye people are talking about, i worked in a bank over the summer and when a card was swallowed ya jus had to go into the branch, they open the machine and hey presto you have your card back, simple as....

danger_mouse_tm

I got my replacement TSB open 24 card in the post yesterday after my own one was nicked out of my truck in Limerick on Monday. I Rang open 24 this morning ( saturday) to see if i needed a new pin or if i had to activate the card. The guy (Darren) on the phone said that it would work away no problem with the old pin. Now a bank machine in Blackpool (Cork) has my ATM card after i put in my pin 3 times and i'm stuck without cash/food/diesel for the whole weekend. What a sloppy service from TSB. I am so MAAAAD!!!!!

InFront

Did you make it clear it was stolen? I had a bank card stolen before and it needed a new PIN, but whenever I lost it I kept the old PIN. Mind you that was with a different bank so I'm not sure what the usual practice is.

Sangre

danger_mouse_tm wrote:

I got my replacement TSB open 24 card in the post yesterday after my own one was nicked out of my truck in Limerick on Monday. I Rang open 24 this morning ( saturday) to see if i needed a new pin or if i had to activate the card. The guy (Darren) on the phone said that it would work away no problem with the old pin. Now a bank machine in Blackpool (Cork) has my ATM card after i put in my pin 3 times and i'm stuck without cash/food/diesel for the whole weekend. What a sloppy service from TSB. I am so MAAAAD!!!!!

I wonder if that was me you were talking to, doubt it though.

Sangre

Sangre wrote:

I wonder if that was me you were talking to, doubt it though.

omg that would be too funny

danger_mouse_tm

danger_mouse_tm wrote:

I got my replacement TSB open 24 card in the post yesterday after my own one was nicked out of my truck in Limerick on Monday. I Rang open 24 this morning ( saturday) to see if i needed a new pin or if i had to activate the card. The guy (Darren) on the phone said that it would work away no problem with the old pin. Now a bank machine in Blackpool (Cork) has my ATM card after i put in my pin 3 times and i'm stuck without cash/food/diesel for the whole weekend. What a sloppy service from TSB. I am so MAAAAD!!!!!

You probably shouldnt have mentioned him by name

Sangre

Nah, there is no way I would have told him that.

Two of yee working there now?

poobum

Feral Mutant wrote:

Am I the only one who read the thread title and thought the OP ate his card?
. . . *tumbleweed* . . .

thats what i thought from the title...:P why i read this thread in first place!

Sangre

Hmm, just found out the other Darren doesn't work saturdays