Chris Blunt
September 10th, 2003, 04:43 PM
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:01:17 GMT, Spehro Pefhany >
wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:48:54 +0100, the renowned Chris Blunt
> wrote:
>
>>Because, as I said, the thief took everything from the hotel room,
>>including the receipts for the cheques. Amex wouldn't give me a refund
>>unless I could provide details of the serial numbers. That was the
>>last time I ever wasted money buying travellers cheques.
>
>Couldn't you trace down the serial numbers when you got back? From
>where you bought them, even? When I used to use T/C I would leave a
>copy of the S/N at home. There might be some confusion over which were
>legitimately spent, but that's it.
They were left over cheques which I'd bought long ago, and
unfortunately I didn't have any records of where or when I'd purchased
the ones that were stolen.
wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:48:54 +0100, the renowned Chris Blunt
> wrote:
>
>>Because, as I said, the thief took everything from the hotel room,
>>including the receipts for the cheques. Amex wouldn't give me a refund
>>unless I could provide details of the serial numbers. That was the
>>last time I ever wasted money buying travellers cheques.
>
>Couldn't you trace down the serial numbers when you got back? From
>where you bought them, even? When I used to use T/C I would leave a
>copy of the S/N at home. There might be some confusion over which were
>legitimately spent, but that's it.
They were left over cheques which I'd bought long ago, and
unfortunately I didn't have any records of where or when I'd purchased
the ones that were stolen.