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[turps]

I'm really loving adayinmylife. It's fascinating seeing how people live, the different stores and houses, the things they do, how they furnish their homes. I'm enjoying every post I read.

Updating on the ATM situation. On Wednesday night the police visited and took a statement, and also told us that a card reader had been found in the Co Op ATM. There's an investigation going on in our county in terms of who installed the reader, but because the money was taken out in a different county if they arrest anyone for that I'd need to go to court down there.

James was talking to the staff at the Co Op this morning and they've got camera footage of the people putting in the reader. They did so at 3am on Saturday morning and removed it at midday, we used it at 11. But we got off lucky, one woman who works in the store has lost £800. The thieves did try to install the reader again, but by that time the situation had been reported so they failed at the attempt.

And wow, someone just knocked at the door, I answered and was faced with a very edgy Jehovas Witness. We belong to organisation that stops anyone trying to sell on the doorstep, so have a sticker on the letterbox saying that. This guy got his edge on saying how was anyone supposed to see that? Then he tried his spiel and when I said I wasn't interested he wanted to know why, what my reasons were for not talking to him and was I not interested in God? I told him no and shut the door in his face, which is rude but man, take a hint already!

Anyway, back to the ATM. In a shocking turn of events we got our money back this morning. So good on Nationwide, because I was worried about that

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[sperrywink]

So much yay for getting your money back! That's excellent!

And I can't believe the nerve of those thieves trying to reinstall the card reader. Or the nerve of the Jehovah's Witness.

Good morning!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I was so happy this morning, the bank really stepped up.

I know! Actually going back astounded me, they already had 9 hours worth of numbers and yet they went for more.

Man, the Jehovah's witness still has me rattled. He was this older dude in a smart suit and he keep smiling while demanding I talk to him. Tex was barking like crazy and the guy wanted to come in my house and talk about God. I think not.

Then I feel bad about shutting the door in his face but he wouldn't go /o\

Good morning to you! I missed you yesterday. You nearly got many rage-filled emails.

[sperrywink]

I usually bad mouth banks (I use credit unions), but I'm glad they stepped up for you and in such a quick fashion. It shows they aren't all bad.

Jehovah's Witnesses are scary at any age. Sometimes being rude is the only way to go.

Awww. I missed you yesterday too! I got some serious, weird family news that I am still boggling over (you nearly got a flaily, WTF email) and work was kind of busy, so no time for it, unfortunately.

Hopefully all your rage has passed and you are on happier ground today. *sends calming thoughts across the ocean*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the weird family news. Families are such a problem at times, and if you still need to flail you know where I am.

I'm very calm today. It was just a BBB fic that made me all, grrrrr. And a discussion that I had to join in on because people were saying things that were horribly wrong. But that ended up in a satisfying manner, so all was good.

[musiquedevie.livejournal.com]

Jehovah's Witnesses are scary at any age. Sometimes being rude is the only way to go.
I highly disagree. I have great friends that are Witnesses and they're not scary. People just have closed minds when it comes to them from pre-conceived notions.

[pensnest]

Good news on the money front - I'm impressed that the Nationwide has been so efficient about it. I hope the thieves are caught.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm very impressed too. From start to finish they've been helpful and efficient, which shouldn't be surprising but is.

They have pictures of the thieves but I suspect they'll be long gone by now.

[nopseud]

Oh, that's good news about the Nationwide! That was pretty quick of them. I guess it helped that there was a police investigation going on into the whole card reader issue.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They've been incredibly quick. The initial estimate was a week to 10 days, so they've outdone themselves.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez! Not like that Jehova's Witness wasn't rude, eh? GRRR

And glad the people pulling this shit have been stopped. . .

[turps33.livejournal.com]

He was incredibly rude. I wouldn't have let him in the house anyway, but when he was crowding my personal space like he was, no way in hell.

Totally. Some people are scum.

[paperdollkisses.livejournal.com]

I hate stupid people. I hope those thieves get caught and you get your money back. Here in the US our bank takes care of the matter if there is a fraud like that.

Religious types. I'm usually ok with, but I probably would have told the guy something stupid like. "Please allow me to pray for your soul to be forgiven of your heathen ways... I'll sacrifice something and drink human blood for you after dusk."

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They're got surveillance pictures of the thieves, whether they'll be caught is another matter. I hope so. Thankfully the bank did give us our money back, which is such a relief.

Religious types don't bother me at all, but this guy was so insistent that I'd be afraid to say something like that. He would have probably barged his way in to prey for me. Excellent comeback, though.

[paperdollkisses.livejournal.com]

heh... prey... best typo ever.

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

Wow, a card-reader. I'm happy you got your money back, that's good.

I just looked at adayinmylife and that's fascinating. The first page has four Ashleys. When the girls were born, so many people told me not to use the name Ashley, because it was weird, and a boy's name. I guess I wasn't the only one who liked it back in the 80s.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It's very nifty how they get the numbers and pins, also scary that they can add them to ATMs so easily.

I think Ashley is a lovely name, and very unisex. Then again, I keep getting told Terri is a boys name, so some people are just stuck in their ways I guess.

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

So glad you got the money back! I hope they're going to arrest them...

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Me too. Let's hope they catch them.

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

And thanks for linking to the community - it's awesome!

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

Whenever Jehovas Witnesses came to our door when I was a kid, my sister and I were always like, "So, have you heard about the new testament of Jesus Christ called the Book of Mormon?" And then they couldn't WAIT to leave.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I wish I could think of effective comebacks, I just kept saying no then resorted to shutting the door.

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

You are welcome to use the Book of Mormon tactic! You don't even have to know anything about being Mormon. The JWs won't stick around long enough to argue with you because Mormons are impossible to argue religion with.

[lucylooo.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so glad you got your money back. My card got cloned at either a convenience store or at an outside machine at my own bank a couple of months ago and it was so damned annoying to get straightened. And, I generally carry cash everywhere _because_ I know there is so much cloning going on these days!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I've had my eyes opened about how easily it is to clone cards. We're told to be careful not to share pins, keep your card close and be careful with details, and yet it can still happen.

It is annoying to straighten out. The bank has been great but it's taken multiple phone calls and we're still waiting for the new cards to arrive.

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

That's crazy about the people installing the card reader -- coming back for more, wtf? Hopefully that makes them easier to catch. I'm so glad you got your money back, and so quickly!

Dude, I'm awful about people trying to sell me stuff over the phone or coming to my house to talk about religion or about stuff they want to sell me. If the person doesn't take my first 'no' and go away, I hang up or slam the door in their face. I just. No patience for that crap. :|

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe they came back for more! Talk about being cocky. But yeah, money is back, and I'm so glad about that.

I hate cold callers that won't take no for an answer. If I give to charity/change my utilities supplier/buy things I'll go out and do it. I certainly won't do business on my doorstep.

[musiquedevie.livejournal.com]

Man, those ATM frauds are scary!! Eeek! I'm glad they're investigating those people.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They are scary! It's ridiculous that they can just slip in something like that and fleece everyone that comes by.

[lassieoshea.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Nationwide was able to get your money back! :)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I was so happy this morning. They've moved much faster than I thought.

[turlough]

I'm so glad to hear you've got your money back from the bank!!

I don't think you were rude at all, insistent people like that deserve to have doors slammed in their faces! I think I'm lucky, I've got one of those spyhole thingys in my door so I don't even open if I don't recognise whoever it is that's calling.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Me too! Of course we don't have the new cards yet so can't actually get at it unless we drive to town, but that's okay.

I have a spy hole too, but the blinds and window was open so he could see straight in so knew I was at home. Annoying man that he was.

[chalcopyrite.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is so good to hear about the money, and so speedily! I do hope they catch the thieves. (Also, wow greedy, trying it *again*.)

As for the JW -- he was being rude by refusing to leave. You just ended the conversation. Assertiveness FTW.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

That they tried again astounded me, talk about pushing your luck.

It is assertive and he was rude. I suck though and still felt bad.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bettina_/]

Yay for getting the money back! :-D

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It was great news!

[greedy_dancer]

That's such a scary story! Good for you getting the money back quickly though.

I didn't know adayinmylife, but I'm fascinated now! I've seen pictures from a Malay ballet dancer, a guy who works on a station in Antartica and a girl in Japan ... it's awesome! It's making me want to do one, which at the moment would consist of, like, 30 pictures of my computer and/or tv, so it wouldn't really be worth it ... but I'll definitely think about it!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It really is.

The comm is amazing! But ahahaha, yeah. I started thinking about doing one too but it would be the same as yours.

[runzu.livejournal.com]

D: There seems to be a bad luck streak going around. :( *hugs you*

But don't worry, I've sent my fic (which has been finished and sitting on my HD for about half a year+ lol) off to the beta. Hopefully, I'll hear back soon. So don't worry, your dedication fic is on the way. :D

[turps33.livejournal.com]

There really is.

It's great to see you, how's things?

I'll look forward to it <3

[littleladypunk.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you got your money back. <3

Jeez, Jehovah Witnesses. They're so annoying. I'm okay with other people beliefs, even if they're drastically different from mine, but I don't want anyone to mess up with what I believe in. >:-/
Good thing, our kitchen window is located next to the door, so we usually perk out who's standing by the door, and if they are people like that, we just ignore them.

Or, people who call in and try to sell you something on the phone. Ugh.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Me too. I was so relieved.

Ignoring people you don't want to talk to is the best thing, I wish I could do that but the living room has two windows, one on either side of the house so if the blinds are opened I'll be spotted. Next time I'm going to ignore them anyway.

[frausorge]

That's great that the bank returned your money! Some decency left in the world at any rate.

And, speaking of the exact opposite - the JW was already breaking the rules of social courtesy, so I don't believe you had any obligation to follow them either. That type of person (whether selling religion or anything else) is just exploiting other people's niceness. I stopped feeling bad about hanging up on telemarketers a long time ago for this same reason.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They've outdone themselves getting the money back. Now if only our new cards would arrive so we actually get at our money.

You're right, they are exploiting people being nice, but I still feel bad. Silly I know.

[ninjetti75.livejournal.com]

Ack, I'm late to the party, but SO GOOD to hear you got the money back! That has to be such a relief.

[rikes]

So glad you got the money back!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Oh man, me too!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

So glad you got the money back! And so quickly too, that was great news.

And, wow, that comm is so fascinating! Thanks for linking to it. I'd totally love to participate... will have to think about it.

You should hav told him you were a perv who loved to think of men doing very naughty things to each other and would he like to hear more about it? I'm sure that would have done the trick too lol

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It was much quicker than I expected. Of course they forgot to reorder me a bank card, but James got his so there's at least that.

It's an awesome comm! I was thinking about it too, but I do nothing exciting.

Ahahahaha. Yeah, that would have got rid of him. Come in and discuss some slash fic *g*