[dregz]

....... I put my card in the machine and the bastard thing promptly then swallowed it and then turned off completely...........,

El Samo, i suggest you rush to the bank and check things out. Same thing happened to me about 2 years back and it turned out i was the victim of what they call 'A Lebanese Loop'. It's the one where they've put a false cover over the card slot, you go through the motions, it reads you details then jams the machine. They come by once you've left take the whole false bit off which has your card inside it, then they draw out your max allowance everyday til you report it.
Did you put in your pin code before the machine shut down? If so it could be dodgy. If this has happened you can claim all the funds you lose back from your bank once they investigate it.

It might all be fine, but after what happened to me i thought i had better flag it up just incase.

[Samo]

....... I put my card in the machine and the bastard thing promptly then swallowed it and then turned off completely...........,

El Samo, i suggest you rush to the bank and check things out. Same thing happened to me about 2 years back and it turned out i was the victim of what they call 'A Lebanese Loop'. It's the one where they've put a false cover over the card slot, you go through the motions, it reads you details then jams the machine. They come by once you've left take the whole false bit off which has your card inside it, then they draw out your max allowance everyday til you report it.
Did you put in your pin code before the machine shut down? If so it could be dodgy. If this has happened you can claim all the funds you lose back from your bank once they investigate it.

It might all be fine, but after what happened to me i thought i had better flag it up just incase.

Thanks for the warning dregz, not to sure whether it was a scam or just a problem with the machine, cos i put in the card, entered my pin, and then selected the amount i wanted to withdraw and then i just switched off.
I called the bank who's cashpoint it was, who told me they cant get cards out of their ATM's and would need permission from my bank to get the card, they guy i spoke to was very rude. so i hung up, called my bank and promply reported my card as stolen by the owners of the cashpoint...

[dregz]

As you described is exactly what happened with me. I put in all the details and the amount then it just shut down on me.
Good job you reported it straight away. Stupidly i didn't. They fleeced me on a Saturday night so had Saturday, Sunday, and again Monday morning before the banks opened to rinse my account. When i reported it Monday morn they had already took me for about £600. Got it all back after a month or 2 though cos the banks accept responsibility.

[apollion]

wish you Best of luck Samo, I reckon that all cash mashines go crazy in the xmas rush.when I went to get my stuff last saturday, one refused to gimme Cash to and I got the message that you get when account is empty. But luckily it wasnt.

[pirate]

I just washed my car and got piss wet through in the process, good times!

[mr.pure]

[Aric47G]

hey kotf, i'm in the bay city too, drove up to do a bit of shopping before flying out tomorrow for vegas. did harputs have anything in the 10.5 to 11 range that caught your eye? anything worth maybe takin a trip there for?

[pokey27]

KOFT - That sucks unless i ever actually get the chance to visit harputs chances of me picking any of them deadstock gems up is pretty much 0% (countless mails never brought me any joy when asking what they got in them sizes)

My 1st day outta bed since xmas day santa brought me manflu and socks for xmas so ain't been well enough to hit the sales or enjoy all the festive belly busting food

Hope every1 had a better time than me and feel free to let me know what xmas dinner actually tasted like this yr

[Samo]

^ sorry to hear that poke. my xmas dinner was very tasty and i have eaten far too much!
Xmas was good, got lots of socks, a tie, several pint glasses of varying shape and branding, lots of sweets (which puzzles me every year as my family know i dont really like sweets!) and a few DVDs, I spent the afternoon in a food/drink coma, and woke up just in time for dinner!

Yesterday i was working my part time job and today im back in the office, with a massive headache and I am bored sensless!
I want to be back at home!

On a side note, a nice pair of rod lavers t urned up this morning at stupid o clock! (pics later when i get home)

[King of the Farm]

Aric, Sorry for the late reply, probably too late to help but I didn't really see any superstars in that size. Some Adicolors and otehr stuff stuff.

santa brought me manflu and socks for xmas

Poke, I hope you're feeling better. Tough time of the year to get the flu. After being in Harputs you can really see the issue with them not being able to see what they have in which sizes. The stock is not organized like any traditional shoe store. There are racks of stuff in the back with random shoes in a size range, and then there is more in the back. I didn't get a chance to go in the back to look around because I got there 10 minutes before closing. Bootsy was cool with lookers going through the back and checking things out, just no time for me though.

Harputs Store Front:



My Ugly mug in front of the Rare stuff.... My genius son took the picture from the wrong angle and the ONE pair of Superstars in the window is blocked by me as a result. I told the kid to make sure they are in the photo too.