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11-05-2003, 06:10 AM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - How much would you pay for a beer in Hong Kong? A New Zealand traveler paid 20,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$2,595) for his.
The man later told his bank he thought he was paying only about HK$19 (US$2.45) for the single beer, and that he believes bar employees duped him by adding additional zeros to his tab and then pocketing a big tip.
The case surfaced Wednesday in the annual report to Parliament by Liz Brown, New Zealand's banking ombudsman.
The man, identified in the report only as Mr. B, asked his bank to stop payment after he returned to New Zealand weeks later. But the bank said ``it could not intervene'' because Mr. B had signed the credit card receipt and told him his dispute was with the bar, Brown said in her report.
Mr. B could offer no evidence that the sales voucher had been forged, and it had not ``obviously been altered,'' Brown noted.
Brown, who mediates complaints between customers and banks, told the man to withdraw his complaint.
The man later told his bank he thought he was paying only about HK$19 (US$2.45) for the single beer, and that he believes bar employees duped him by adding additional zeros to his tab and then pocketing a big tip.
The case surfaced Wednesday in the annual report to Parliament by Liz Brown, New Zealand's banking ombudsman.
The man, identified in the report only as Mr. B, asked his bank to stop payment after he returned to New Zealand weeks later. But the bank said ``it could not intervene'' because Mr. B had signed the credit card receipt and told him his dispute was with the bar, Brown said in her report.
Mr. B could offer no evidence that the sales voucher had been forged, and it had not ``obviously been altered,'' Brown noted.
Brown, who mediates complaints between customers and banks, told the man to withdraw his complaint.