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Dagwolf · 11-27-2006, 02:47 PM

What's the largest amount any bank ever gave you by mistake? Once a cashier entered a check amount wrong, giving me an extra $300. More than once I've been given an extra $100 bill by mistake.

Did I return the extra money? ... Sometimes.

E$_manager · 11-27-2006, 03:15 PM

Once bank gave me extra 150$ via bank machiene. That was very nice....

woj · 11-27-2006, 03:36 PM

never happened to me

Bryan G · 11-27-2006, 03:44 PM

$40 once. Took out $60 and was given $100 by the ATM

Scott McD · 11-27-2006, 06:41 PM

I remember a few months back, and ATM machine was giving out £20 notes, instead £10.

Everyone was on their cell phone calling everybody to get down and withdraw some money quick.

Wasn't long before the machine was empty...

LiveDose · 11-27-2006, 06:44 PM

$20 bucks extra at an atm machine in Ithaca. I was in college so for me that was like 4 cases of Milwaukees Best! Woo Hoo!

notabook · 11-27-2006, 07:03 PM

$5,000 deposited in my checking account from a $500 check. They corrected it a week later. It made me sad.

Pipecrew · 11-27-2006, 07:04 PM

I love hearing about the morons that think the ATM made a mistake, and then all their friends are going to that same ATM and getting more money out. I remember seeing it on the news once. The bank has logs of how much money is actually dispensed and they had to pay back every penny.

SleazyDream · 11-27-2006, 07:05 PM

i usually loose money and catch it later

Vitasoy · 11-28-2006, 12:11 AM

Don't think they ever given me money by mistake, but I know they short me a few times.

fallenmuffin · 11-28-2006, 12:37 AM

They gave me an extra $70 once but it was corrected a few weeks later.

jacked · 11-28-2006, 12:51 AM

my bank seems to be on top of shit never had a bank error in my favor

tony286 · 11-28-2006, 12:54 AM

if its thru a teller there is a good chance they will find it

RayBonga · 11-28-2006, 01:02 AM

Never happened to me

rowan · 11-28-2006, 01:27 AM

Not my bank but a third party biller once wired me twice, to the tune of abut $3k in my favour. I was too honest and returned the dupe even though I could have just ignored them (it was my final payment). They would have been down about $80-100 in fees and currency conversion losses for that mistake.

rowan · 11-28-2006, 01:30 AM

Another time I received a letter from the bank a couple of weeks after we settled some land saying that an audit had picked up an error and we were due a $500ish refund. The land sales company gave us a discount for early settlement but the bank didn't take this into account when calculating stamp duty, so they charged too much.

It wasn't so much an error in our favour, more finding that we had been overcharged. I probably wouldn't have noticed it myself.

Masterchief · 11-28-2006, 01:32 AM

I've had 6 figure errors in my favor. Of course they corrected the mistake fast, but I was able to keep the nice amount of interest it generated.

rowan · 11-28-2006, 01:54 AM

I remember seeing on a current affairs story that a bank accidentally deposited $120k into a woman's account. She transferred some to another account then back to see if it was real. The bank found the error quickly (or she reported it, can't remember) but they refused to refund the tax that our state govt used to impose on deposits... which included electronic transfers. From memory it was something like $800 (x2) she had to cough up because of the bank's error.

Kimo · 11-28-2006, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

I remember seeing on a current affairs story that a bank accidentally deposited $120k into a woman's account. She transferred some to another account then back to see if it was real. The bank found the error quickly (or she reported it, can't remember) but they refused to refund the tax that our state govt used to impose on deposits... which included electronic transfers. From memory it was something like $800 (x2) she had to cough up because of the bank's error.

thats fucked up

inthecrack · 11-28-2006, 03:50 AM

$3500. About 15 years ago I cashed in a GIC for $3500. A few days later I noticed they'd credited it to my bank acount twice. I just kept quiet about it to see what would happen. Several weeks later they took the money out of my account.

biftek · 11-28-2006, 03:58 AM

teller once gave me $50 extra , i spent the next 20mins debating with myself whether to give it back ,i knew that that the teller would get the $50 taken out of her pay , so i did the right thing and handed it back to her

Why · 11-28-2006, 04:12 AM

my bank always gets it right.

rounders · 11-28-2006, 04:18 AM

banks have super super good record keeping, i had $8k dumped into my acct twice by mistake, used it! took them 2 months to figure out they doubled me up..had to return it. =(

Adventura · 11-28-2006, 06:52 AM

My Internet Provider once showed an extra $300 on my account by mistake. They never corrected it, thank god!
As for banks they only steal from me, never give extra!

marko13 · 11-28-2006, 06:57 AM

i have never have luck to be given extra cash... i owe always when i go to bank...

jennym · 11-28-2006, 07:26 AM

Can't recall a bank error in my favor. Got the kids donuts the other morning, and the lady charged my debit card $385.00 Waiting for it to be credited back. Told the kids they better enjoy those damn donuts!

rowan · 11-28-2006, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jennym

Can't recall a bank error in my favor. Got the kids donuts the other morning, and the lady charged my debit card $385.00 Waiting for it to be credited back. Told the kids they better enjoy those damn donuts!

What was the charge supposed to be? $3.85?

I returned a $799 item for a refund once (on my credit card) and the noob put it through as a purchase! Luckily I noticed before I signed.

jennym · 11-28-2006, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

What was the charge supposed to be? $3.85?

I returned a $799 item for a refund once (on my credit card) and the noob put it through as a purchase! Luckily I noticed before I signed.

Charge was $18.42 (house FULL of kids). She did $182.42, tried to credit it, charged $182.42 again, then charged the $18.42

Furious_Female · 11-28-2006, 07:59 AM

We had a $1200 error once in our favor... they corrected it weeks later though.

viva celebs · 11-28-2006, 08:05 AM

i'm never that lucky

gmr324 · 11-28-2006, 08:40 AM

with all the "big brother" electronic records and cameras, can't imagine that banks can't trace big mistakes right back to the second it happened

11-27-2006, 02:47 PM	#1
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11-27-2006, 03:44 PM	#4
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11-27-2006, 06:41 PM	#5
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11-27-2006, 06:44 PM	#6
LiveDose Show Yer Tits! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere Out there... Posts: 25,792	$20 bucks extra at an atm machine in Ithaca. I was in college so for me that was like 4 cases of Milwaukees Best! Woo Hoo! __________________ Scammer Alert: acer19 acer [email protected] [email protected] Money stolen using PayPal

11-27-2006, 07:03 PM	#7
notabook Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Not a Library! Posts: 9,748	$5,000 deposited in my checking account from a $500 check. They corrected it a week later. It made me sad. __________________

11-27-2006, 07:04 PM	#8
Pipecrew Master of Gfy.com Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,887	I love hearing about the morons that think the ATM made a mistake, and then all their friends are going to that same ATM and getting more money out. I remember seeing it on the news once. The bank has logs of how much money is actually dispensed and they had to pay back every penny.

11-27-2006, 07:05 PM	#9
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11-28-2006, 12:11 AM	#10
Vitasoy GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 58,202	Don't think they ever given me money by mistake, but I know they short me a few times. __________________ [email protected]

11-28-2006, 12:37 AM	#11
fallenmuffin Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 8,170	They gave me an extra $70 once but it was corrected a few weeks later.

11-28-2006, 12:51 AM	#12
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11-28-2006, 12:54 AM	#13
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	if its thru a teller there is a good chance they will find it

11-28-2006, 01:02 AM	#14
RayBonga too cool for highschool Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East side, West side, Worldwide! Posts: 12,164	Never happened to me

11-28-2006, 01:27 AM	#15
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Not my bank but a third party biller once wired me twice, to the tune of abut $3k in my favour. I was too honest and returned the dupe even though I could have just ignored them (it was my final payment). They would have been down about $80-100 in fees and currency conversion losses for that mistake.

11-28-2006, 01:30 AM	#16
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Another time I received a letter from the bank a couple of weeks after we settled some land saying that an audit had picked up an error and we were due a $500ish refund. The land sales company gave us a discount for early settlement but the bank didn't take this into account when calculating stamp duty, so they charged too much. It wasn't so much an error in our favour, more finding that we had been overcharged. I probably wouldn't have noticed it myself.

11-28-2006, 01:32 AM	#17
Masterchief Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 530	I've had 6 figure errors in my favor. Of course they corrected the mistake fast, but I was able to keep the nice amount of interest it generated.

11-28-2006, 01:54 AM	#18
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I remember seeing on a current affairs story that a bank accidentally deposited $120k into a woman's account. She transferred some to another account then back to see if it was real. The bank found the error quickly (or she reported it, can't remember) but they refused to refund the tax that our state govt used to impose on deposits... which included electronic transfers. From memory it was something like $800 (x2) she had to cough up because of the bank's error.

11-28-2006, 03:50 AM	#20
inthecrack Confirmed User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 533	$3500. About 15 years ago I cashed in a GIC for $3500. A few days later I noticed they'd credited it to my bank acount twice. I just kept quiet about it to see what would happen. Several weeks later they took the money out of my account. __________________ High on crack. www.inthecrack.com

11-28-2006, 03:58 AM	#21
biftek So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,030	teller once gave me $50 extra , i spent the next 20mins debating with myself whether to give it back ,i knew that that the teller would get the $50 taken out of her pay , so i did the right thing and handed it back to her

11-28-2006, 04:12 AM	#22
Why MFBA Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PNW Posts: 7,230	my bank always gets it right.

11-28-2006, 04:18 AM	#23
rounders Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: p0rn0stars & h0es Posts: 2,931	banks have super super good record keeping, i had $8k dumped into my acct twice by mistake, used it! took them 2 months to figure out they doubled me up..had to return it. =( __________________ ICQ#: 153923840

11-28-2006, 06:52 AM	#24
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11-28-2006, 07:26 AM	#26
jennym Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: the south Posts: 1,622	Can't recall a bank error in my favor. Got the kids donuts the other morning, and the lady charged my debit card $385.00 Waiting for it to be credited back. Told the kids they better enjoy those damn donuts!

11-28-2006, 07:59 AM	#29
Furious_Female Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate, New York Posts: 8,187	We had a $1200 error once in our favor... they corrected it weeks later though. __________________ Skype: j3nn.com ICQ 160370494 My current favorite high-converting sponsor: CrakRevenue

11-28-2006, 08:05 AM	#30
viva celebs Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and protectorates Posts: 681	i'm never that lucky

11-28-2006, 08:40 AM	#31
gmr324 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,199	with all the "big brother" electronic records and cameras, can't imagine that banks can't trace big mistakes right back to the second it happened