Went into Tesco on Weds night and spent £150.00 on chocolates for Santa's grotto at the school bazaar. I was fairly near my overdraft limit as almost payday but transferred some funds into my account on Friday morning.After leaving work I went to the cashpoint to get some money out as it was my works xmas bash that night. The cashpoint refused to give me any money so I knew something was wrong (I work in a bank). When I got home my hairdresser was on the doorstep but luckily hubby had enough to pay - this was all the money he had as he does not get paid until later in the week. I then called the bank who said that £150.00 was showing as due to be debited from my account even though Tesco had already taken the money. As it was Tesco's error the bank couldn't do anything and I had to call Tesco's.3 calls later I finally reached the store and was told to pop down and the checkout manager would sort it out. When I got to the store was told that they had to call India! To cut a long story short 40 mins later we had got nowhere and as it was after 6pm I was told nothing could be done until Monday. I was furious as I could not get any money for my works do and couldn't even buy a drink. Had also planned to take DS out for day tomorrow and unable to do that either! Apparently these 'ghost transactions' are common and caused by error with the Chip & Pin machine. This has ruined my weekend
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