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Mizter T wrote:

On Dec 14, 7:52*pm, (Roy Badami) wrote:
Just had a phantom charge on my debit card (yesterday, the 13th) from
the Boris Bikes scheme.

Anyone else had this problem, either yesterday or in the past?

I take it you're a member i.e. you've got a key? (As opposed to having
used it as a 'casual user' recently.)

Sorry, that was a big vague on my part, wasn't it?

I signed up at the end of November, received my key, activated it
online, and GBP 4 was charged to my Visa Debit card as expected.

I haven't used the service yet, but yesterday (13th) a further GBP 4
was charged to my card. There's nothing new showing in the "activity
log", just a charge showing on my (online) bank statement. I'm pretty
sure it's an actual charge, as preauthorisations don't show up in my
statement, only in the available credit.

The dedicated 'Boris Bikes' web forum might be helpful too - http://
borisbikes.co.uk/.

Yes, I had a quick skim of it and found at least one reference to
someone else receiveing a phantom charge. Haven't dug any deeper yet.

-roy