Latest Cash Register SCAM

THIS IS WHY I ALWAYS USE CASH.......

This is worth reading if shopping at stores....They do not automatically hand you a receipt anymore if the sale is under $30. you must ask for it… CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT  An associate bought a heap of stuff the other day while on holidaying in Melbourne (over $450), & when he glanced at his receipt as the cashier was handing him the bags. He saw cash out of $20. He told her he didn't request any cash and to delete it. She said he'd have to take the $20 because she couldn't delete it.  He told her to call a supervisor. Supervisor came and said he'd have to take it.. He said NO Bloody way!  Because taking the $20 would be a cash advance against his Credit card and he wasn't paying interest on a cash advance!!!!!  If they couldn't delete it then they would have to delete the whole order.  So the supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order and re-scan everything!  The second time he looked at the electronic pad before he pinned in his number and again cash-back of $20 popped.  At that point he told the cashier and she deleted it. The total then came out right.  The cashier said that the Electronic Pad must be defective. Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad was defective because she NEVER offered him any cash after either of the transactions.  Can you imagine how many people went through before him and by the end of her shift how much money she pocketed? His wife went into a Coles Warehouse last week. She had her items rung up by the cashier. The cashier hurried her along and didn't give her a receipt. She asked the cashier for the receipt and the cashier seemed annoyed but gave it to her.  She didn't look at her receipt until later that night when back at their Hotel. The receipt showed that she had asked for $20 cash. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR ANY CASH, NOR WAS SHE GIVEN IT! So she called Coles who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket the money.  They then spoke with a friend who works for one of the banks; they told them that this was a new scam that was bound to escalate.  The cashier will key in that you asked for cash and then hand it to one of her friends when they next come through the check-out queue. This is NOT limited to Coles; they are just one of the largest retailers so have the most incidents. I wonder how many "seniors" have been, or will be, "stung" by this one????? To make matters worse ..... THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!! IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE LEAVING THE CHECK-OUT. ........  ..CHECK YOUR RECEIPT!!!!!.  I've since seen people do just that….. SO NOW I'LL START! PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES - lets not get ripped off.

Turia Pitt and Kate Sanderson so so brave, please help with whatever you can.

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Ultra-marathon disaster
Clare Brady 
Today Tonight
February 27, 2012


An ultra-marathon competitor is fighting horrific burns after she was allowed to run straight into a fierce bushfire that almost took her life.

But Kate Sanderson is also fighting for an inquiry to find out who should be held responsible for her terrible injuries.

Sanderson, 35, a super fit and experienced ultra-marathon runner, now has 55 per cent of her body covered in burns.

Part of her left foot has been amputated, and after six months in hospital, and enduring fifteen skin grafts, she has finally been allowed to go home.

As she told the Herald Sun, a 100 kilometre foot race in Western Australia's outback has ruined her life.

Sanderson was competing in one of Racing The Planet’s gruelling marathons - this one through the unforgiving terrain of the Kimberley Region.

The runners knew about the heat, but weren't told what lay ahead - dormant and waiting was a fire that had been smouldering for days.

“It was horrendous - the scariest time of my life. And to hear the girls screaming, and there was nothing we could do,” marathon runner Michael Hull said.

Marathon runners like Hull are made tough, but nothing prepared them for what to do. When six runners, including Sanderson, were in a gorge, winds whipped up and the fire trapped them in a fight for their lives.

“We were trying to find where the roads were. No one had mobile phones because we knew there was no coverage. You know, we had a whistle. There was no shade, so we were getting sunburn on the burns,” Sanderson said.

In excruciating heat they waited for four hours for help to arrive.

“Any burn has a huge impact on all body systems: even a small burn will affect your nerves, your liver, your heart, your lungs, your kidneys. I know if you're burnt on your arm, your nerves are affected on the other side, so if you escalate that to 55 per cent body surface area, that is a huge insult to the area, and takes a significant recovery,” burns expert and plastic surgeon, Dr Fiona Woods said.

Dr Wood's work with burns victims after the Bali bombing is well known.

“When you're burnt you are no longer waterproof - this beautiful casing skin is interrupted, and so you're a leaky sieve - you lose a lot of fluid and circulation, and you can't deliver oxygen to everywhere in the body as well as the skin,” Dr Woods said.

Naturally Sanderson wants answers - answers about why they weren't warned about the fire.

Now the Western Australian Government has agreed ‘in principle’ to hold a Parliamentary Committee into that race.

According to Phil Gleeson from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers “if there is a finding of fault, or a want of responsibility, of either the State Government or the organiser’s part, I think they would deserve compensation.”

He'll now compete in an ultra-marathon in New Zealand next month, and with each step he'll raise money for Sanderson and Turia Pitt (who was also trapped by the flames and has burns to most of her body) to aid their recovery.

Response from Racing the Planet Organizers