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« on: March 22, 2021, 04:05:20 pm »

Woman using Apple Pay charged $2,200 for bunch of bananas

A faulty till got the price wrong, but Apple Pay has no limit...

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A London woman was charged £1,599 for a bunch of bananas by a faulty in Marks & Spencer.
In a hurry, the woman used Apple Pay and the payment went through because it has no limit.
She has since been refunded and compensated.


A London woman was charged more than $2,200 (£1,599) by a faulty till for a bunch of bananas in UK supermarket chain Marks & Spencer, whilst using Apple Pay (which has no limit) to pay for her shopping.

As reported by The Mirror:


  Cymbre Barnes, from London, claims she popped into a branch of M&S on her way to work to grab some food for the day, including a £1 bunch of bananas.
 
  In a rush, she used Apple Pay at the till (which has no limit on the amount you can spend) and didn't realise until it was too late that there had been a big mistake.


To Barnes' horror, a faulty till which caused an "isolated payment error" charged the poor woman £1,599 ...

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