If the bank or the merchant screws up and their mistake ends up benefitting you... are you legally liable in anyway?

For example, if the item price is $2, and they charged you $1 for it.

7/9/2007 11:36:00 AM

i used at atm one time that gave me a $10 when i requested a $20.

so i requested a $10, and it gave me a $20.

i requested several more $10s and it gave me several more $20s.

7/9/2007 11:39:55 AM

if you cash a check and they give you extra by mistake, and if you don't return it they take it from your bank account.

7/9/2007 11:58:22 AM

I had a deposit for over a hundred bucks post twice.

7/9/2007 12:23:19 PM

Gotta be careful though...I think I've had a deposit post twice before, so I sat for a little while wondering if it would stick or not, and a week or so later someone noticed and the duplicate was canceled.

7/9/2007 12:31:52 PM

how about when you are buyin beer at the food lion and you forget to get it from under your cart and they reuse ur cart and you don't have to pay for it, should they be allowed to get mad if you don't return the beer?

7/9/2007 12:51:03 PM

^ wait...what? Is the beer free? Did you pay for it? Did you steal it? Your post makes no sense.

The double posted deposit happened 4 years ago.

7/9/2007 12:57:34 PM

^^
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wtf are you talking about?
edit post and rephrase.

[Edited on July 9, 2007 at 12:58 PM. Reason : .]

7/9/2007 12:58:26 PM

when i was in high school, you could get 3-4 cans of soda from the vending machine on one purchase

7/9/2007 1:01:40 PM

long time ago in myrtle beach an ATM was giving out $50's instead of $20's.....

went to take out $60 and ended up with $150.

Several other friends did it after me and also got them. Then it just went back to $20's again

7/9/2007 1:26:01 PM

7/9/2007 9:18:01 PM

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"i used at atm one time that gave me a $10 when i requested a $20. so i requested a $10, and it gave me a $20. i requested several more $10s and it gave me several more $20s."

there was a scam going on for a while where people would reprogram those little shitty gas station atm's and make it think there were $5 bills where the $20 bills were..then withdraw assloads of money via a prepaid atm card... wonder if thats why

7/10/2007 12:52:25 AM

maybe....but this was a major bank's atm...not just some dinky gas station one.

7/10/2007 8:05:57 AM

if you are at a store and they charge you the wrong amount, like an item is $60 and they charge you $30, then you are not liable. Places like Walmart and grocery stores are supposed to give you an item for the price listed on the shelf near the item, they get into trouble when someone comes in a inspects them if prices are wrong. So if you bought a DVD player which was under a $20 sign and you get to the register and they try to charge you $50, the store is supposed to give you the item for $20.

If you switch the price tag to get the item cheaper, that is a crime in NC.

7/10/2007 8:45:19 AM

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"if you cash a check and they give you extra by mistake, and if you don't return it they take it from your bank account."

nope.

wachovia tried to pull that shit with me. the teller even drove over to get me to sign some paper allowing them to debit my account. no way sir. no way. they've got no proof it was you who received the extra money, the teller could have swiped it and blamed you.

7/11/2007 12:19:32 AM

if it was you, you should own up to it. Karma is a bitch.

7/11/2007 2:29:27 AM

it's not me. i was making a deposit and the idiot teller who always fucks up, did it again and tried to pin it on me.

fuck those fuckers.

7/11/2007 10:18:13 PM

i cashed in a $1300 in stock and they sent me a check for 13000.... mom made me send the excess back

(i was 14)

7/11/2007 10:58:05 PM