two more accidental overchargings (4 in a few days)
Being overcharged is so frequent that it's more a surprise when it doesn't happen. Two more cases in the day after getting back to Guernsey. In both cases I suspect it was a genuine accident. At Doyle's garage, I got a new gas bottle. Attendant guessed which size, and I paid for that. But when we went to get the bottle, it was a larger size that I wanted. I now had to pay the difference. They wanted to do this as a refund for the first one, and then a new purchase for the actual one -- fine. For the refund, I inserted same card again. It asked for PIN, which was strange. He confirmed it was a refund. The amount was on there, but it didn't say whether it was a charge or a refund. I entered PIN and asked for chitty. It said "debited". I queried it. He said whoops, I had indeed been charged again instead of refunded, and he now refunded the total accrued, which was 2 * original amount. I then paid for...