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General => General discussion => Topic started by: asif on 25 November 2011, 14:39
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Right basically I want some of your thoughts and ideas on a situation i've got.
Basically my travel insurance company gave me a Maestro card with money on it to buy replacements of items lost on holiday, i asked for cash but they said they consider this as good as cash.
It has £1060 on the card and I want to somehow turn it into cash rather than be tied into spending it shops that take card, for one it doesn't work in all shops but to be fair it does in most high st shops. I can't useit for fuel as it get's declined :( Can't do cash back either :(
So any ideas of how I can somehow turn this money into cash?
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Ill give you £500 cash for it
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You lost the plot :lol:
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Wasn't looking to turn it into cash by selling it as nobody gonna give me the money on it, I was looking more of ideas of how I could possible buy something and sell it or.....well I don't know really lol
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You on the civic type-r forum aswell LOL
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Personally ide just use it for the weekly big shop for the next ten weeks or so and use the money from shopping to pay for cloths or anything else you want
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Personally ide just use it for the weekly big shop for the next ten weeks or so and use the money from shopping to pay for cloths or anything else you want
This: done: displacement spending and you're laughing.
Or buy the stuff to replace what you had stolen, as that's what it's for...
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You on the civic type-r forum aswell LOL
:grin:
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Wanted to spend it on mods for my car, so wanted to free up the cash so I can buy stuff from people on forums and generally pay people in cash for things like when people are selling stuff in classifieds on all sites and also when you got people selling stuff that you know liek friends and whatever, it's just restrictive at the minute.
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Personally ide just use it for the weekly big shop for the next ten weeks or so and use the money from shopping to pay for cloths or anything else you want
This: done: displacement spending and you're laughing.
Or buy the stuff to replace what you had stolen, as that's what it's for...
The replacements aren't things I really needed just things that went and luckily were covered, I wouldn;t miss the items even if I never had them so not worth replacing the items as I hardly used those items.
better I spend it on things I want than what I don;t need anymore.
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You on the civic type-r forum aswell LOL
:grin:
Mate you got a hell of a machine in your sig on both sites.
You got a type-r aswell or used to have one?
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Wanted to spend it on mods for my car, so wanted to free up the cash so I can buy stuff from people on forums and generally pay people in cash for things like when people are selling stuff in classifieds on all sites and also when you got people selling stuff that you know liek friends and whatever, it's just restrictive at the minute.
I think this is why they give you a Maestro card. :grin:
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Cheers. Had one mate. Like the forum as its got some great banter and is always busy so stay there.
The old beast
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Could you transfer it in to a dreaded PayPal account?
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Just thought what if I could pay someone the whole lot via Paypal?
Do paypal charge to recieve a payment?
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Could you transfer it in to a dreaded PayPal account?
Great minds and all that
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Why don't you just find a relative who has a card machine with goods
They keep goods and most of the cash your way? :wink:
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Buy some foreign currency on the card then take the cash back and swap it for sterling for free. Granted you'll lose a bit on exchange rates but you'll have cash in your pocket.
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Add the card to a paypal account send the amount to the missus or someone you trust like family to put it in their bank and give you cash.
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The paypal idea seems liek a common theme, how much would Paypal charge for £1060???
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they take 4%
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they take 4%
Not if you pay via gift :wink:
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they take 4%
Not if you pay via gift :wink:
have you tried sending a grand by paypal?
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they take 4%
Not if you pay via gift :wink:
have you tried sending a grand by paypal?
Clearly you havent...Didn't send it but...
Description Amount Change action
Gift For £1,060.00 GBP
******@aol.com
Your fee: £0.00 GBP
Your total charge:
£1,060.00 GBP
Katie will receive:
£1,060.00 GBP
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Good luck explaining away £1000 to a mystery woman to the missus
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Good luck explaining away £1000 to a mystery woman to the missus
If you mean who Im sending it to, Katie is the missus :grin:
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Good luck explaining away £1000 to a mystery woman to the missus
If you mean who Im sending it to, Katie is the missus :grin:
Adam LIES!!!
it's his bit on the side, she keeps his holiday home tidy for the weekends when he visits... sometimes he takes the dog.
makes me :sick:
:smiley:
:grin:
No thats Shannon J :smug:
:kiss:
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they take 4%
Not if you pay via gift :wink:
have you tried sending a grand by paypal?
no i haven't that's why i was asking!
Clearly you havent...Didn't send it but...
Description Amount Change action
Gift For £1,060.00 GBP
******@aol.com
Your fee: £0.00 GBP
Your total charge:
£1,060.00 GBP
Katie will receive:
£1,060.00 GBP
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they take 4%
Not if you pay via gift :wink:
have you tried sending a grand by paypal?
Clearly you havent...Didn't send it but...
Description Amount Change action
Gift For £1,060.00 GBP
******@aol.com
Your fee: £0.00 GBP
Your total charge:
£1,060.00 GBP
Katie will receive:
£1,060.00 GBP
no i haven't that's why i was asking!
Sounded like you were getting sarcastic.
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Rigtht then looks like I need to ask a few mates if they got a Paypal acct they would be willing for me to run this money through.
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Rigtht then looks like I need to ask a few mates if they got a Paypal acct they would be willing for me to run this money through.
I submit my services. Send it on over :wink:
:grin:
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Rigtht then looks like I need to ask a few mates if they got a Paypal acct they would be willing for me to run this money through.
I submit my services. Send it on over :wink:
:grin:
:grin:
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Look heres my picture, so you can trust me yes.
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That's exactly the pic I already had in my head :grin:
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sh!t blown it :(
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£550 cash then :smiley:
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I think this whole problem you have is the reason they gave you a card instead of cash in the first place
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I think this whole problem you have is the reason they gave you a card instead of cash in the first place
Yeah your ment to replace the items with the money not buy car mods :giggle:
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Use it to open an Isa. Then buy some Tesco shares.
Warren Buffet is right most nearly all of the time.
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I think this whole problem you have is the reason they gave you a card instead of cash in the first place
Well they refused to give the cash, I tried to steer it so they gave me the cash but they said the card is the same as cash so i couldn't get them to send me a cheque instead.
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Think they may have got a bit supicious when you asked for cash!
Bank transfer would have been easier for everyone!
BTW which insurance company is this?
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A. Why did you have loads of stuff on holiday with you that you didnt want or need, that conveniently then got stolen
B. Have you comitted insurance fraud :lipsrsealed:
C. Are committing a further offence by looking to launder the money through a friends account :grin:
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Think they may have got a bit supicious when you asked for cash!
Bank transfer would have been easier for everyone!
BTW which insurance company is this?
lol I didn;t say cash as that would be chavvy and obvious also very stupid to think they were going to send me an envelope with £20 notes in it to the value of £1060 .
I was just asking for either cheque or bank transfer anything that would give me live cash that is not locked on a card.
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I ask again, which insurance company?
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A. Why did you have loads of stuff on holiday with you that you didnt want or need, that conveniently then got stolen
B. Have you comitted insurance fraud :lipsrsealed:
C. Are committing a further offence by looking to launder the money through a friends account :grin:
All questions are understandable but each have a legit answer, if you still assume the worst of me then each to there own.
Answers are as follows:
a) I had mine and my wifes I-phones and a side bag in the claim, this totalled £1060. The phone didn't need to be replaced as I was due a free upgrade so if I went out and bought 2 new iphones and then upgraded I would've been left with 4 phones between 2 people which i don't need.
b) What gave you that idea? Just because I don;t want to buy replacements for the lost items, it automatically gives you the right to assume have broken the law, says alot about your own mentality and the way your brain works, god knows what you get upto.
c) This wouldn't be money laundering as the claim is totally legit. f I was paid by cheque and bought some alloys of you and didn;t replace my lost phones, would that be an offence? If I had to buy replacements the insurance company would've just sent me replacements as that would work out cheaper for them.
Anything else?
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I ask again, which insurance company?
Apologies, HSBC travel insurance.
Why did you want to know that?
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A. Why did you have loads of stuff on holiday with you that you didnt want or need, that conveniently then got stolen
B. Have you comitted insurance fraud :lipsrsealed:
C. Are committing a further offence by looking to launder the money through a friends account :grin:
All questions are understandable but each have a legit answer, if you still assume the worst of me then each to there own.
Answers are as follows:
a) I had mine and my wifes I-phones and a side bag in the claim, this totalled £1060. The phone didn't need to be replaced as I was due a free upgrade so if I went out and bought 2 new iphones and then upgraded I would've been left with 4 phones between 2 people which i don't need.
b) What gave you that idea? Just because I don;t want to buy replacements for the lost items, it automatically gives you the right to assume have broken the law, says alot about your own mentality and the way your brain works, god knows what you get upto.
c) This wouldn't be money laundering as the claim is totally legit. f I was paid by cheque and bought some alloys of you and didn;t replace my lost phones, would that be an offence? If I had to buy replacements the insurance company would've just sent me replacements as that would work out cheaper for them.
Anything else?
Lol i was just winding you up :grin: lucky to get a Maestro normally most insurance companies just send vouchers or replacements nowadays.
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Kersse you cheeky sod, you proper got the reaction you intended on getting :grin: pen1s breath :grin: