Post-Samoa Drama.

As you all know, we took a much-needed vacation to Samoa last week. We really enjoyed ourselves although we didn't take as many photographs as we had liked to. I'll post them up soon. Anyway I'm digressing. How my trip went isn't the subject of this particular blog entry but rather the post-trip drama.

I brought my NZ credit card to Samoa, just in case we run out of cash. The card was placed in a card holder and then put into a messenger bag that S was carrying around most of the time. We only let that bag out of our sight for only a handful of times during the trip. One of times was when we were staying at the fales in Savaii. We left the bag in our fale to have our meals in the restaurant which was aabout 10 metres away.

Some thief actually went through our bag and stole our credit card! ARGH! He then proceeded to go on a shopping spree in Samoa using my credit card! SUCH A BLOODY, THIEVING NO-GOOD BUSTARD!!!

Good thing I have a really low credit limit on this NZ credit card so he didn't get to spend THAT much but still! I've been making an effort to spend less and save more and this lousy excuse of a person is going around buying the whole of Samoa at my expense. It infuriates me! They should reinstate ancient laws whereby the courts chop off the hands of people who are guilty for stealing. I'm all for it!

The card has been cancelled and we're currently disputing these fradulant credit card claims. The maddening thing about the whole episode is that the name on my card is obviously CHINESE and person who has gotten hold of it is definitely NOT Chinese so I have no idea how could the retailers have not know, name - no match, signature - no match but still they let the transactions through.

SIGH.