The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

Do you "know who will take the money", as in you've used them before?

My Christmas present money was transferred in this evening, but the transaction is being shown as having completed on the 29th! (It has gone through, just the date is wrong. Ditto with other valid transactions.)

I thought that I had spotted a bogus transaction from a couple of weeks ago - at Selfridges. I though I had never bought anything there in my life but it turns out that a swanky Greek cafe that I used in Birmingham is owned by them.

 

[classic33]

My Christmas present money was transferred in this evening, but the transaction is being shown as having completed on the 29th! (It has gone through, just the date is wrong. Ditto with other valid transactions.)

I thought that I had spotted a bogus transaction from a couple of weeks ago - at Selfridges. I though I had never bought anything there in my life but it turns out that a swanky Greek cafe that I used in Birmingham is owned by them.

I'm aware their call centres and offices are all but unmanned at present. But I've not come across predated transactions before.
Date anomalies were a red flag to anyone who saw the accounts. We handed them over for further checking.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm aware their call centres and offices are all but unmanned at present. But I've not come across predated transactions before.
Date anomalies were a red flag to anyone who saw the accounts. We handed them over for further checking.

They are all expected transactions for the right amounts, but the date displayed is wrong. I'll check again tomorrow to see if it has been corrected.

My rent in a normal month would have gone out yesterday but that seems to have been delayed. From my point of view, better late than early, but landlords would probably prefer it the other way round! I can't actually see why computers should worry about it being Christmas though... I don't imagine that someone sits in an office manually triggering all of these standing orders and direct debits!

 

[classic33]

They are all expected transactions for the right amounts, but the date displayed is wrong. I'll check again tomorrow to see if it has been corrected.

My rent in a normal month would have gone out yesterday but that seems to have been delayed. From my point of view, better late than early, but landlords would probably prefer it the other way round! I can't actually see why computers should worry about it being Christmas though... I don't imagine that someone sits in an office manually triggering all of these standing orders and direct debits!

No to someone sitting and triggering the transactions. But if something went wrong the human steps in to authorise them. We're much better at working sideways than computers. Easier talk to as well.

Worth checking any time, just in case. As you said computers don't do Christmas.

 

[ColinJ]

Yes, I am curious as to what is going on.

I just clicked on the individual transaction records. The dates shown in the details for each transaction are correct. It is just the dates displayed in the transaction summaries that are wrong, and that is only for transactions on the 24th/25th/26th.

I am quite surprised that there is no contact form. Phonecalls, limited hours only. I can't be bothered sitting in a queue to a call centre tomorrow so I'll leave it. I'll monitor the account for any changes though. I expect that the dates will mysteriously be corrected in the next couple of days when some programmer notices their mistake!

 

[PaulSB]

Er, is that a serious question...?

That's is how consumerism/capitalism works! Companies are not interested in selling you something which does the job so well that you will never buy anything again. They do the minimum necessary to clinch the sale and then sell you pretty much the same thing a year or two later with just a couple of new features added!

The immaculate used phone I bought for £80-odd on eBay was £500 new a couple of years before that. The young woman who sold it to me was presumably replacing it with a 'better' one costing £600+!

Yes, it's a perfectly serious question. I understand and agree with your overall view but this one is a bit different.

The A72 was launched in April 2021 as the successor to the A71. The reviews I've read suggest the improvements are significant and the phone great value for money.

I can understand say a two year lifecycle and agree your scepticism but a nine month lifecycle and ditching the product without a successor makes me think the phone has a major flaw which Samsung is aware of.

Now despite it being available on Amazon I'm questioning the integrity of the product and Samsung. The company won't care but it's poor business practice.

I'll probably order an A52s 5G later today if I can find one with a physical retailer.

 

[numbnuts]

Morning

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning people, thats another Xmas gone past, and it was a good one too, yesterday we had the stepson round in the morning, the youngest son, stepdaughter and granddaughter round in the afternoon, and the eldest went to see his uncle for a couple of hours. Eldest son goes home today, I'll be dropping him off at the station later.

 

[welsh dragon]

Oh God... I'm agreeing with you again!

I saw him interviewed and he made it absolutely clear that he was only doing the interview because he was contracted to do the publicity round for a movie that he had presumably been paid millions for starring in. He made it clear that he was very bored, irritated even. A complete prat!

Be very careful. It won't do at all for you to agree with me.

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. It's dark. It's dry. And it's calm.

Stay safe peeps

 

[PaulSB]

Good Morning. Damp and mild, sort of nothing. I mean if we're going to have weather let's have proper weather.

Tomorrow's family day is off the agenda for me. Tested positive and I needed to be negative this morning and again tomorrow. I've offered to go for a long walk or stay in the bedroom. This does depend on No 1 son testing negative today.

So another housebound day. I might order a phone. 😄

 

[Mo1959]

Be very careful. It won't do at all for you to agree with me.

I can't be bothered checking back to see who you are both talking about?

Little walk/jog/shuffle done! Getting slower by the day even although the effort feels higher by the day!

Bath is running so off for a nice soak then have breakfast. Still drizzly and miserable here.

 

[welsh dragon]

I can't be bothered checking back to see who you are both talking about?

Little walk/jog/shuffle done! Getting slower by the day even although the effort feels higher by the day!

Bath is running so off for a nice soak then have breakfast. Still drizzly and miserable here.

Bruce Willis being a thoroughly unpleasant man

 

[Mo1959]

Bruce Willis being a thoroughly unpleasant man

Ahhh.......amazing how many of the so called celebs are. That's why I can't be bothered with celeb stuff on tv.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

From my Facebook page this morning, Lol!