Premium bonds are perfect for this situation. You can get the money back quickly but while you've got it there's always the chance of a prize.

soma_rich – Member
You just earnt some MASSIVE karma points!

Ha. Ha. Ha.
Did I? I think not.
I've just got home to find the £5k bathroom we thought was PAID FOR isn't. They made an error in the bill and we owe them £91.
Karma? Yeah, right.

Did I? I think not.
I've just got home to find the £5k bathroom we thought was PAID FOR isn't. They made an error in the bill and we owe them £91.
Karma? Yeah, right.

You wait, it will come back this week sometime.

One word. Audit.

🙂

Oh, one more word. Morals

🙂

Presumably the 4 figures include the pence?

Return it.

Are you serious? This isn't a question of morality, it's a question of keeping your bloody job and as one of the many currently unemployed on this site, I would strongly counsel your friend to go to his/her employer immediately and explain the error.

it doesn't sound enough to bother with, give it back. If 1.6m turned up though, I'd have a long think about making a break for it.

Bill, OOOrange, Geetee, Samurai, go back and read the thread properly, and Geetee, loosten up a bit mate! 😀

Oh, and although this really did happen, it was a bit of a troll thread…. And I got a few of you hook, line & sinker… 😉

It's happened to me before and I told the company straight away. Rather than going to the hassle of paying it back it was decided to treat it as a pre-payment and off-set future expenses against it until it was cleared.