The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[denny]

The Good

Last night, libellum and I went to Belgo Noord, a Belgian eating/drinking place in Camden (just south of Chalk Farm tube station). ZOMG. You must go. For the odd person like me who isn't too interested in beer, they have fantastic food - we had mussels, steak, lobster, and pheasant, accompanied by chips (with frite sauce, nyom) and garlic mushrooms. There wasn't a single thing on that list that they didn't cook to perfection. For the rest of you, they have a list of beers that borders on terrifying - especially once you start looking at the percentage of alcohol in them. If that's not enough, the prices are fairly reasonable, and the service is incredibly good. Extremely recommended.

The Bad

This morning I tried to pay for £18 of groceries on my debit card, only to find that it was rejected for 'insufficient funds'. This was quite unexpected, so I phoned up Abbey and asked for a run-down of transactions since payday. It turns out my card has been cloned. Again. By the same people, or at least, they've spent money on all the same websites and phone top-ups as last time. Fuckers.

I've been quite careful about where I use the debit card since last time this happened, and particularly in my area as I know it was cloned by someone around here last time. This means that I'm almost positive that it's the shop straight across from my flat, which is really disappointing because they seem like nice guys.

The Ugly

Just got back from the gym. I am very unfit. Oog.

Comments

[easternpromise.livejournal.com]

Argh, I'm sorry to hear about the debit card! Are Abbey pretty good about indemnifying you against losses etc?

Also, don't worry about being unfit! That's what going to the gym is for. :) You'll notice the difference really quickly if you keep momentum up and keep going. Dependent on how unfit you're talking about, half an hour two to three times a week should give you some really quick results, and then you can start building on that once you're into the routine. You'll be outrunning me in no time flat I'm sure. :)

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Gaar - good luck sorting out about the card again...

I hope it doesn't take long to get it dealt with.

Oh, BTW the "Again" link above is broken: href=""...

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I was posting in a hurry and forgot to look up the link. Fixed now.

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

Sucks about the card. If you think it's worth the time and hassle, you could open a new current account and just use the debit card in the suspect shop, and see what happens.

Belgos rock immensely! Even for a relative non-beer drinker like me, there's enough on the beer menu to keep me busy before the 1kg cauldron of mussels arrive! (Peach beer is one of the least beer-like beers I've ever tasted.)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

you could open a new current account and just use the debit card in the suspect shop, and see what happens.

If the police don't take an interest this time around (last time I gave them a fairly concrete lead, and they apparently still didn't investigate) then I may well do that. I'm certainly not inclined to just let it go.

[sevenhelz.livejournal.com]

ouch, that's ridiculous. still, it was fairly easy to get the money back last time wasn't it?
*hugs*
xx

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

It was, yeah. I'm not sure if it'll be harder or easier a second time around, given that they've spent the money in the same places as last time - mostly online porn.

[deerfold.livejournal.com]

Sure that's not you? ;)

*Sympathies*

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever paid for it :)

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Can you believe that the same thing has just happened to my girlfriend - we only found out so quickly because two mobile phones we hadn't paid for turned up in her name this morning...

http://pooloftrees.livejournal.com/40765.html