Double Charged On Debit Card! Any Stories?

I wont mention names at the moment but I have just had two amounts pending for one online debit card payment.

One authorisation code then it appears to have been claimed twice.

It had been taken out twice with double the amount pending from funds available. I see Its not the first time people have complained about this happening

The credit card company deny the fault and the bank say they will refund today/tmrw but point the blame at the claiming company. I knew there could be this fob off routine from all concerned. Meantime muggins in the middle is left short.

To cap it all one amount shows cleared received at one end but two amounts are pending at the bank.

Its a joke and Im wound up about it. Its dangerous and could have left me overdrawn and begging to have charges refunded. What wound me up more than anything was I knew I could be at the mercy of the fob off routine between claimer, process merchant and bank. It has left me short of funds to do my business today

To be fair the bank have called me back to say they are looking into it further.

Can I just say Aaaaargh.....its the road to hell I get wound up with these things you know.

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Double Charged On Debit Card! Any Stories?