Free petrol??

[Connor]

I have a bit of a dilemma, whilst at uni(derby)
i filled up my car (£40) on the 14th of december
payed on card, also i was with someone from uni that can back me up saying i actually payed on my card.
Well the my account is not even shown anything being payed for or pending payments etc.
like normally my available balance would of reduced by £40 and it would come
out in a few days, but this time my available balance has not being affected and the money is still in my account to spend!!
I dont know what to do, as i don't want to be accused of driving out without paying! And i dont want to spend it incase they
try and taking it and me getting bank charges etc!!
Has this happened to anyone else, and where do i stand?

Cheers
Connor

[MattBrown]

Don't spend the £40 in your account, leave it 28 days, and fook them off!

Also, youll be on cctv paying, so If the police turn up, tell them to fcuk off and check the cctv!

[L14MNP]

I wonder if they haven't requested the funds yet. Seems strange, but I'd wait a bit before fcuking them off.

A petrol station was displaying 00:00 p/l when I drove past. I wanted to fill my tank, but knowing my luck they wouldn't honour it or the price would change as I lifted the nozzle. lol

[Welsh Dan]

A few of my transactions haven't shown up yet either. I think the systems are just busy so I'd wait it out.

[Connor]

ok i am leaving it, i had no intensions on spending it,
i was just wondering incase the police turn up saying i did a runner!
Which is just what i need near christmas!!! :roll:

[brainsnova]

or you put in £40 of diesel and they never had the heart to charge you.

[Connor]

^ lol well it made it 3hrs home

[RickW]

i tihnk the bank transfer system is being slowed up due to the christmas period. As said, if it isnt out in 28 days then its yours to keep

[dave watson]

keep 40 in youre bank just incase but normaly youre available ballance would av went down 40 stright away adnt dnt worry about it

[Tim-SR]

yeah the system must be busy as a few of my transactions still havnt come out dont worry about it mate! lol

[L33 LEG]

a few years ago my account suddenly lost £40. i checked the statements at the bank and a bp garage had taken the money out 4 weeks late. so my advise would be not to spend it as itl probably come out within the month sometime.

[Cle]

Happened to me but i was buying clothes lol took a week for the money to come out so there could just be a delay.

[vaughanmc]

What is the prices down your way mate ? A wee bit off topic but I noticed here it had dropped 2p a litre

Not been out for a couple of days so no idea what it's at now - Hopefully it continues to go down :)

[L14MNP]

It ranges from 103.9 to about 108.9 for 95 ron unleaded around here.
The price will go up by 2.5p next month iirc as the VAT is back to 17.5%.

[bmw156]

lol i wouldnt be worring about it.

just wait and see how it pans out.

as everyone said, im sure it will come out, there is no need to worry as you have done everything by the book so to speak!

[Nova_Tek]

^ :wtf:

Don't worry about it fella as you have done nothing wrong. If you paid by Debit Card then it should be out of your account fairly quick but sometimes it does take a tad longer. If they'd have accused you of doing a runner then the feds would have been round your gaff by now.

Did you get a reciept for the transaction you made?

You did everything that was asked of you so don't worry.

[Jon_nova1]

your all wrong, all of you lol

I know because years ago i went on a spate of getting "free" petrol

all the petrol station does is report the incident, then your reg no is tagged, then when some nice officer checks your car it shows up, and your arrested and released with a caution, there is no visiting of your house lol

best thing to do is ring the police station and ask them if your reg no's been tagged

[Hayley]

we get these all the time from petrol stations (as i work for the fuzz)

they just ring us up, tell us the reg of the car, we do some hunting around and try and get a contact number for the keeper of the car then ring you up and ask if you meant to drive off without paying. if you have got a reciept for paying, or tell them that you paid on your card and will prove it as soon as it shows on your statement then its a civil matter and we do nuffink else about it.
but if you paid for it, then no worries. :thumb:

[Connor]

All sorted now
randomly disappeared outta my account today :tard:
meh at least its all dealt with !!
unless someone has stole £40 out of my account lol