nanjing77

I've been registered at MGMP for around a year but only recently had to use them. I found the doctors themselves (I've seen two, one lady the other time the older guy) pretty happy with them. However I would agree that the main problem is the useless reception staff they employ (2nd only in their ineptitude to the staff at Burgess Park Tennis Courts...but not by much)....do the partners not realise or just not care?

I got a call from RBoS Thursday afternoon informing me that someone had taken about 160 quid out of an ATM in Senegal. I immidiately though about a local convinience store where I use the card to purchase Oyster renewals..but it seems from reading the above that it could be anywhere. The strange thing was that this was on an expired card (expired and cancelled a few days previously..surely it should be 'dead'??). It really goes to show how helpless the bank's seem to be in controlling this. In fairness RBoS are quite on the ball and in the past they have called me (while on holiday in Italy) to ask if I was the one making the transactions before allowing me to withdraw the money. The question I asked the fraud team at RBoS was is it possible to have a card that cannot be used outside of the UK unless you specifically give permission beforehand. If they can set a withdrawal limit then could they set a geographic control on the card? - they said they couldn't but I'd be interested in a bank that could given that these transaction invariably take place in countries I'll never likely visit. Also there doesn't seem to be any traction amongst banks or the FSA to tackle the issue (as far as I can tell).