Gorta

miju

not sure where this really goes so suppose here will do (though mods please move if needs be)

just found out that gorta have been taking €20 a month for the last ten months after i cancelled by standing order with them. the bank have been fairly good about it and are refunding all the money.

just wondering / trying to find out if anyone else has had similiar hassle with Gorta?

tallus

Jaysus I remember the ads with bunny Carr heh. Good that the bank refunded you. I reckon you should go out on the beer with the €200

Pighead

Or give it to charity.

DonalN

Jesus - you mean you didn't look at a bank statement for 10 months!!!

miju

Pighead wrote:

Or give it to charity.

lollers

cailinoBAC

ha ha, I remember when I opened my bank account I somehow ended up with a £20 standing order to gorta. I know it sounds like nothing now but I was a broke student living in germany at the time and there was no such thing as internet banking so I was wondering where all my money was going. When I came home I figured it out and I felt bad asking for it back, but I really had to.

miju

DonalN wrote:

Jesus - you mean you didn't look at a bank statement for 10 months!!!

ah i do regulalry. i just give the online statements a quick scan through to make sure the usual transactions go through. i got the big printed one in the door though thats why i noticed it

Sangre

If you did in fact have a standing order for Gorta they wouldn't actually be able to cancel it.

miju

gorta didnt cancel the standing order I did

MAYPOP

If you didn't notice for 10 months, then let them have it.

Or drink it if you want.

MooseJam

never had any hassle with them, mind you i have no idea who or what they are

Jesus Wept

I'd say it was the banks mistake, otherwise they wouldn't give you a cent.

rymus

agreed... I signed up to give them a tenner a month some time ago out of a mixture of guilt/wanting to get rid of the guy at the door. Cancelled the direct debit about 8 or 9 months later feeling I'd done my bit and never heard any more from them.

jimmycrackcorm

A Direct debit is where the other party takes money from you, a standing order is where you send money. Hence with a SO you have to cancel it with your bank and not with the other party.

miju

yeah thats what i done i cancelled it online trough the AIB website and it defo cancelled

Jesus Wept

maybe it's a conspiracy