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Sharona S

1 reviews | Active since May 2015

29 May 2015, 10:46

CHARGED TWICE

I did my shopping, got to the till, put my shopping through. I handed the cashier my FNB cheque card, she swiped the card, the transaction took longer than usual to go through, She then called the supervisor who just pulled out my card from the speed point, by then I received a sms to say that the transaction went through, I showed the sms to the supervisor, she ignored it and said that it had not gone through, She swiped my card on another machine and then I received another sms to show her it went off again, she didn't seem bothered at all.<br> I went back to the store the next day and spoke to another lady, thankfully she was kind and helpful, but she said there is nothing that she can do and that I will have to get FNB to reverse it, I have been to the bank 3 times already and have not yet managed to get the second transaction reversed. It really irks me that I have got to do all this running around for somebody else's mistake and I only received a print out from the speed point for one transaction, maybe this is how they rob people who do not have access to sms's when transactions go off.<br>

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SPAR
SPAR's reply01 Jun 2015, 07:32
Official
Hello sharonasingh01,

Thank you for bringing this experience of duplicated card transactions to our attention. When this happens the transaction response to the store 'time out's so the store doesn't receive the money twice but the SMS to the customer goes through and the funds are withdrawn from the customer's account. This then goes into a holding account at the bank and only the cardholder can dispute the transaction. Please contact:

FIRST NATIONAL BANK *** (Select Option 3)
NEDBANK ***
STANDARD BANK *** or ***
ABSA *** or ***
CAPITEC ***
This happens to all retailers and the banks are desperately looking for an industry solution. Please be assured that if we could fix this we certainly would as it is damaging to our reputation and if the store received the money twice we will immediately refund it.

Glenda Turpin
Customer Care Advisor
Telephone ***
www.spar.co.za

Best regards,