tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3484692503209318189..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: The iPhone storm wanes, but not the stormy weatherKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74440117196392608172016-04-08T22:26:27.582+02:002016-04-08T22:26:27.582+02:00Ah, so they tried to use your card first, then ano...Ah, so they tried to use your card first, then another card next. I have heard of cases where things were ordered by a scammer and sent to another address. The scammer picks up the package before the person at the address got home, and they never knew about it. <br /><br />Glad you were home, and that you returned it. Best to take the high road and do what you know is right. <br /><br />KarmaC in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85707470878671326012016-04-08T02:02:50.001+02:002016-04-08T02:02:50.001+02:00I'm glad your bizarre phone incident has been ...I'm glad your bizarre phone incident has been resolved. I try to keep a sharp eye on my on-line transactions, and I change all passwords fairly regularly. <br />Not sure that would help if the entire institution got hacked by thieves from some of our less charming international neighbors, but it would likely deter garden-variety baddies.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14333650550175701682016-04-07T22:59:38.515+02:002016-04-07T22:59:38.515+02:00The amount they charged for the phone was a lot to...The amount they charged for the phone was a lot too. iPhone 6 is $549 here, not on sale. 6s is $649. I think the charge was well above that...Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31934827441298513862016-04-07T18:19:00.253+02:002016-04-07T18:19:00.253+02:00I thought you knew! LOLI thought you knew! LOLKen Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30863461760668970952016-04-07T17:37:29.206+02:002016-04-07T17:37:29.206+02:00I love that you have an "entourage."I love that you have an "entourage."chrissouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398602853402174732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38898381245629788312016-04-07T16:29:35.957+02:002016-04-07T16:29:35.957+02:00I still have some passwords to change. I feel good...I still have some passwords to change. I feel good that my credt union detected the fraud immediately and got in touch with me. I hope things will settle down now -- including the weather.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19334397715022471802016-04-07T16:23:43.793+02:002016-04-07T16:23:43.793+02:00It did sound that way, didn't it?It did sound that way, didn't it?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69872841739850660632016-04-07T16:08:43.769+02:002016-04-07T16:08:43.769+02:00The best part of the story is the fact that you go...The best part of the story is the fact that you got the phone on April Fool's Day and we got to hear about the hassle. I'm glad it's over but we all have to stay cautious about our credit cards and Internet scams. Now on with the garden and setting up your greenhouse to withstand those windy times you get.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90224443527536349282016-04-07T14:37:44.981+02:002016-04-07T14:37:44.981+02:00I know, now, you have poussé un soupir de soulagem...I know, now, you have <i>poussé un soupir de soulagement</i>, but you'll have to admit this story is full of holes. I still don't understand how they would have used any of your credit cards since it was already paid with a card that wasn't yours and from a different financial institution ? Well, you could write a detective story and have M. Poireau clear everything for us!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7987800460532680342016-04-07T13:32:37.139+02:002016-04-07T13:32:37.139+02:00Imagine that the pirates got the money out of my b...Imagine that the pirates got the money out of my bank account after having the iPhone delivered to me. And then they could call the seller and say that the phone they ordered had never arrived. They could demand their money back. They'd get all their money back plus a good chunk of my money. Who would be scammed? Me or the seller? I'd still have the phone. I was not required to call the seller and say that I was in possession of the phone, after all -- but then I did sign to accept the delivery. I could still have tried to keep quiet.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-62406873540016376662016-04-07T13:25:05.965+02:002016-04-07T13:25:05.965+02:00The period called "the ice saints" (les ...The period called "the ice saints" (les saints de glace) is around the 10th of May. So it can be frosty until then. People around here like to tell about having 6 inches of snowfall some years ago in mid-May.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2251344661684578032016-04-07T13:22:41.224+02:002016-04-07T13:22:41.224+02:00When I said "charge my credit card for the fu...When I said "charge my credit card for the full amount" -- well, I don't know how much the pirates were trying to charge on my card. I didn't ask. Maybe the pirates make their money by paying for the merchandise, having it shipped to an unsuspecting third party, and then charging that party's card for more than they paid for it to start with. They get a profit that way.<br /><br />Whatever it is, I'm tired of it now. I'm ready to let the whole incident become just a bad memory.<br /><br />My only compensation for the hassle is the feeling of having done the right thing. LOL.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91684943175782500792016-04-07T12:59:14.420+02:002016-04-07T12:59:14.420+02:00It is fishy. Did the company get paid for the iPho...It is fishy. Did the company get paid for the iPhone? Whoever bought it tried to charge my credit card for the full amount, apparently. The credit union shut down my Visa card account and is going to send me a new one, with a new number.<br /><br />Anyway, I sent the phone back this morning. I am no longer in possession of it, so 9/10s of the law is against me.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16773124382739879332016-04-07T12:12:56.835+02:002016-04-07T12:12:56.835+02:00It gets fishier and fishier!
On April 1, you got ...It gets fishier and fishier!<br /><br />On April 1, you got an urgent delivery of an expensive iPhone, supposedly a gift from a generous, so far unknown, friend. The phone was paid for with a PNB credit card. So far, so good.<br /><br />The company said the phone was PAID FOR. So they don't own it any longer. It belongs either to you, if you really were the intended recipient, to the rightful owner of the PNB credit card, or to the bank that had to write off that amount if the PNB credit card was stolen. <br /><br />Now, you said you never had a PNB account and much less one of their credit cards. So why would somebody enter your <i>espace personnel</i> to steal your address, but not numbers of any of your credit cards stored there, and use a PNB credit card instead ? The company has some explaining to do.<br /><br />Did the company contact the rightful owner of the credit card used, I repeat, to pay for the iPhone ? <i>Nous pouvons simplement vous préciser que la carte utilisée pour le règlement commence par les chiffres.....</i> Did they inquire if that credit card was really stolen ? IMO, they want to have it both ways : keep the money and get the phone back so they can sell it to somebody else?<br /><br />Lastly, what is the company intending to do to compensate you for all the hassle they created, even though unvoluntarily ?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12393366609284631042016-04-07T09:39:13.455+02:002016-04-07T09:39:13.455+02:00Maybe they were hoping you would keep it and accep...Maybe they were hoping you would keep it and accept the charges?<br /><br />Wow, sleet in April is unusual I should guess.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44797052704075596152016-04-07T09:07:47.861+02:002016-04-07T09:07:47.861+02:00It must be Walt what done it! (I think this is wha...It must be Walt what done it! (I think this is what he's trying to say).IanJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036674560001396327noreply@blogger.com