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"USED GUNS" and your financial details.

Post by Die Judicii » 23 Jul 2024, 5:06 pm

Yesterday I was looking at my bank transactions through Internet Banking, and saw a withdrawal from one of my accounts that I certainly did not recognise.
After thinking long and hard, I still couldn't come up with an answer.

Because it was only a small $$ amount I began thinking it was a scammer because scams/hackers usually only take small amounts to start with.
So I contacted my bank.
As a result after being quizzed on "Do I deal with or know the company that made the withdrawal" and the answer being DEFINITELY NO,,,,,, the bank cancelled my card just to be on the safe side of things.

Today I googled that company (BulletPay Pty Ltd) and managed to trace them through a succession of business names and sent them an email asking them to please explain how and why they had made a withdrawal from my bank ?

An hour later I got a phone call from Used Guns informing me that it was them that had made the withdrawal.

Now,,,,,,,,, it turns out,,,,, The withdrawal was made by a company called "Bulletpay Pty Ltd" and they are based in Willoughby NSW.

When I googled them,,, they are one of two other business names which are,,,,,,, "Spuhr" and "Spuhr Australia"
After emailing "Spuhr Australia" it was then that I got a phone call from "Used Guns" saying it was them that had made the withdrawal as payment for an advert that I had placed.

Apparently in the fine print Used Guns mention that the payment for an ad will be taken out by "BulletPay Pty Ltd" a detail which I missed entirely.
Needless to say that I now have to wait up to a week before I get a new card,,,, an inconvenience I could do without.

Why do these businesses spread your card details around between differing Business Names. ??? :unknown:
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Re: "USED GUNS" and your financial details.

Post by on_one_wheel » 23 Jul 2024, 6:16 pm

Why do these businesses spread your card details around between differing Business Names. ?

Because we don't read the 3000 word essay that we all know needs to be answered "I agree " otherwise you can't use the service.
I'm pretty sure we are all guilty of scrolling to the bottom and agreeing, we probably assume that there's nothing in the terms and conditions about them now owning your kidneys and we'd hope that anything untoward would've been picked up by previous users and brought to the attention of a consumer watchdog of some sort.

If only we could choose the parts we agree to, normally the only optional part is opting into or out of junk mail.
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