{"id":290,"date":"2008-07-09T19:39:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T19:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2008-07-09T19:39:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T19:39:12","slug":"some-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/07\/09\/some-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Some News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vladville.com\/2007\/12\/introducing-vlad-20-vlad.html\" target=\"_blank\">I know this has already been done <\/a>but after the day i&#8217;ve had i don&#8217;t care!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/27\/thanks-technet-guys\/\" class=\"broken_link\">A few weeks ago i briefly mentioned i&#8217;d had some big news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is it<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3210\/2652887901_7c492ed216.jpg\" alt=\"Another parkes on the way\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baby number two on the way!<\/p>\n<p>Picture is from the 12 week scan and we got to see the little one kicking it&#8217;s legs around which was fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>Currently expected January 2009 so still a long way to go<\/p>\n<p>Better make some more deals to pay for all the mouths i have to feed!<\/p>\n<p>So what could have ruined my day after\u00a0such a happy afternoon?<\/p>\n<p>I arrived home to a letter from the bank telling me i&#8217;m overdrawn<\/p>\n<p>I thought this a bit odd as i&#8217;ve not had any major purchases recently<\/p>\n<p>I logged onto the online banking and i found a transaction from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighthouse.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Brighthouse<\/a>\u00a0that i certainly didn&#8217;t make<\/p>\n<p>I spent fifteen minutes on hold to an 0845 number (<a href=\"http:\/\/parkesy.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/07\/landline-not-me\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"broken_link\">further to my post a couple of days ago about not having a landline,<\/a> i was calling on a mobile and this isn&#8217;t included in my free minutes!)<\/p>\n<p>I then had to jump through a series of hoops (including being asked if i wanted to buy identity theft insurance!) until i was put through to the &#8220;fraud team&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was told that the purchase had taken place over the phone from the Bransholme branch (in Hull&#8230;hundreds of miles from where i live)<\/p>\n<p>The result is i&#8217;ve had my card cancelled and i&#8217;ve got some paperwork to fill out and i&#8217;ve also got to ring my branch tomorrow to let them know about the situation and stop me getting charged any further<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still puzzled as to how this happened. 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