[Drinking] £55K Beer

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

8,532

Brighton

• Sep 5, 2019

• #1

An Australian journalist was charged £55,315.12 for a bottle of Deuchers IPA. He paid by card. Now we all know his pin number!
Think about this next time you put your pin number in. Some crafty thieves will purposefully hand you the card machine without pushing 'enter' after putting in the amount. Thus you put in your pin, they glance at the machine and see it typed out as an amount to be paid. They then apologise and start again but they already have your pin number.

 

Tesco in Disguise

Where do we go from here?

Jul 5, 2003

3,926

Wienerville

• Sep 5, 2019

• #2

But they don't have the card, so what good is that?

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Papak

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Jul 11, 2003

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Horsham

• Sep 5, 2019

• #3

I read that earlier. Seems strange he didn't get a call or phone alert to confirm the purchase.

He also claims to be unable to afford it yet his misses called him to confirm the payment had been taken from the account so either he had a huge balance or overdraft facility imo.

 

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Hove / Παρος

Apr 7, 2006

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Hove / Παρος

• Sep 5, 2019

• #4

Papak said:

I read that earlier. Seems strange he didn't get a call or phone alert to confirm the purchase.

He also claims to be unable to afford it yet his misses called him to confirm the payment had been taken from the account so either he had a huge balance or overdraft facility imo.

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Having £55,000 in your account and being able to afford spending £55,000 on a pint are two very different things.

 

Papak

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Jul 11, 2003

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Horsham

• Sep 5, 2019

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Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;9062964 said:

Having £55,000 in your account and being able to afford spending £55,000 on a pint are two very different things.

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"That's a lot of money. I'm just a cricket writer, I don't earn big bucks and it's costing me in interest."

Two mornings later, Mr Lalor says he took a call from his wife to say the money had indeed left their account.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49593291

So he didn't have the funds but still had the ability to pay for it.

 

Arthur

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Jul 8, 2003

8,553

Buxted Harbour

• Sep 6, 2019

• #6

Heard about this on the radio last night and instantly thought bullshit!

I used to go out with an Aussie girl and whenever she used her Oz card over here it used to cause all sorts of alarm bells to go off and she'd get texts from the bank and would usually have to sign for it. Secondly surely any bank is going query a spend that large?

My guess is bored Aussie journos during rain delay hatch a scheme to get the daftest story in the press over here......we have a winner.

 

Gritt23

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Jul 7, 2003

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Meopham, Kent.

• Sep 6, 2019

• #7

Papak said:

"That's a lot of money. I'm just a cricket writer, I don't earn big bucks and it's costing me in interest."

Two mornings later, Mr Lalor says he took a call from his wife to say the money had indeed left their account.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-49593291

So he didn't have the funds but still had the ability to pay for it.

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Paul Haywood has apparently verified the story, saying that it was somehow linked to his mortgage account. Whether that means he's paid it out of an offset account, I'm not sure, but however it's happened I don't actually think it will be a problem to reverse.

 

Norman Potting

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Nov 5, 2006

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Sussex, Sussex not by the sea and actually nearer

• Sep 6, 2019

• #8

Gritt23 said:

Paul Haywood has apparently verified the story, saying that it was somehow linked to his mortgage account. Whether that means he's paid it out of an offset account, I'm not sure, but however it's happened I don't actually think it will be a problem to reverse.

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At least it was a decent pint, Deuchars IPA. Even the victim thought that although not worth £55K!

 

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Yes Chef

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In the kitchen

• Sep 6, 2019

• #9

I paid £4.50 for half an Omnipollo Zodiak IPA 6.2% last night

 

mejonaNO12 aka riskit

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Dec 4, 2003

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England

• Sep 6, 2019

• #10

I remember the good times said:

An Australian journalist was charged £55,315.12 for a bottle of Deuchers IPA. He paid by card. Now we all know his pin number!
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A "PIN number" is a Personal Identification Number Number

 

Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004

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Bexhill-on-Sea

• Sep 6, 2019

• #11

I'm pretty sure I paid something like that for a pint in a pub in Fulham before last year's game

 

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Yes Chef

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In the kitchen

• Sep 6, 2019

• #12

mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:

A "PIN number" is a Personal Identification Number Number

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That you use at an ATM machine

 

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hoveboyslim

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Feb 7, 2004

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Hove

• Sep 6, 2019

• #13

Yes Chef said:

That you use at an ATM machine

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mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:

A "PIN number" is a Personal Identification Number Number

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Pleonasms

 

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003

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The Fatherland

• Sep 6, 2019

• #14

Gazwag said:

I'm pretty sure I paid something like that for a pint in a pub in Fulham before last year's game

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You should try some of the wanky pretentious craft beer bars I frequent.

 

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The Optimist

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Apr 6, 2008

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Lewisham

• Sep 6, 2019

• #15

mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:

A "PIN number" is a Personal Identification Number Number

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A case of RAS syndrome.