ChatterBank0 min ago
Do i have to pay it back?
I was working at marks and spencers and after being there for around 3 months i got sacked.
They didnt take me off the payrol and continued paying me. I wasnt sure where the money was coming from at first as my bank statments were being sent to my mums address and i wasnt living there so i didnt get them for a while. I kept on taking the money out of my bank and it ended up being around �4000 they paid me.
They are now asking for the money back but as this was their mistake do i have to pay it back?
From some people's point of view, i shouldnt take money that isn't mine and i should of told them to stop paying me, but from other peoples point of view- anyone who was getting free money would keep their mouth shut and enjoy it!!
They didnt take me off the payrol and continued paying me. I wasnt sure where the money was coming from at first as my bank statments were being sent to my mums address and i wasnt living there so i didnt get them for a while. I kept on taking the money out of my bank and it ended up being around �4000 they paid me.
They are now asking for the money back but as this was their mistake do i have to pay it back?
From some people's point of view, i shouldnt take money that isn't mine and i should of told them to stop paying me, but from other peoples point of view- anyone who was getting free money would keep their mouth shut and enjoy it!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.of course you have to pay it back! If you acidentally put the wrong account numbr on a paying in slip for example say you were paying in 200 pounds into your account. Would you expect the person whose account it went into to gie it back to you once it was discovered? or would you just think"oh well, they can have it"
again, answer me this though. if by your "mistake" you accidentally paid your birthday money into someone elses account, would you really expect them to keep it - after all its your mistake so you shuld take the hit? i think not ....
Morally and legally you have no right to the money and must pay it back
Morally and legally you have no right to the money and must pay it back
The thing is, anyone with any sense wouldn't think it was "free money" and would wonder who was putting money in their account.
Yes you have to pay it back, you have no right to it. I suspect that M&S will instigate legal proceedings to recover the money so do yourself a favour and pay it back now before they start thinkikng about recovering interest as well and you end up in more strife.
Yes you have to pay it back, you have no right to it. I suspect that M&S will instigate legal proceedings to recover the money so do yourself a favour and pay it back now before they start thinkikng about recovering interest as well and you end up in more strife.
Well me paying my birthday money into an account is totaly irrelevant really, we are talking about marks and spencers here who are suppose to be a huge company and should know who they are paying!! The way i see it is they should of taken me off their payroll and should watch what they do in future! Its not like they cant afford to loose �4000!!
I suppose they are thinking ''Its not just money,...... its M&S Money''!!!!
I suppose they are thinking ''Its not just money,...... its M&S Money''!!!!
Hi Beck07, yes as the other answers state, by law you definately have to pay it back, the fact that it was their mistake will not make any difference to the courts!
I don't wan't to frighten you and I am not saying this will happen to you, but I read a tale in the newspapers about someone being jailed for keeping money that was being paid to them in error when they knew it was not theirs, I think in this case it was a bank accidentally paying it into the wrong account.
If you cannot afford to repay the full amount immediately,
my advice would be to contact them, be very apologetic and agree a form of repayment that you can afford.
Best of luck
Sue
I don't wan't to frighten you and I am not saying this will happen to you, but I read a tale in the newspapers about someone being jailed for keeping money that was being paid to them in error when they knew it was not theirs, I think in this case it was a bank accidentally paying it into the wrong account.
If you cannot afford to repay the full amount immediately,
my advice would be to contact them, be very apologetic and agree a form of repayment that you can afford.
Best of luck
Sue