I Bought a gold Iphone on the wrong credit card
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Go to the Apple Store and they can probably process a return and repurchase of the phone you have.
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The way our card works, we get the bills personally and submit expenses separately. Technically we're supposed to use the card only for work purchases but something like this wouldn't get noticed if it happens occasionally.
I had a similar situation a few years ago - and it was a pain to correct.
I called a hotel to reserve a room for business travel. While I was on the line, I also reserved a room for a coworker who was traveling with me. I held the reservation on my card since my coworker wasn't around at the time. When we checked it, I made sure they switched the reservation to his card - or so I thought. When I got my statement, I'd been hit with his charges and mine. We called the hotel and sorted it out - but that wasn't the end of it. Now I had a debit in one month and a credit in the following month. In order to avoid refund scams such as an employee reporting a charged expense and then getting a refund resulting in a net credit on the card, employees have to reconcile credits to debits so that my employer receives any refunds due. I had to submit receipts and written commentary to prove the original charge was a mistake, that I never filed an expense claim for the original debit, and that the credit negated that original charge.
I don't know your company policy, but this might not be as simple as returning and repurchasing the phone depending on your employer's policy. It's probably best to say "mea culpa" and show that you've taken actions to correct your mistake. And then do something to make sure you never do it again- put a piece of orange tape on the company card or whatever else you need to do. As for me, it's easy... the only AMEX is my wallet is my company card. My personal card is a VISA which is a completely different color, so I'll never make the mistake of confusing the 2.
Good luck.
Sam
I called a hotel to reserve a room for business travel. While I was on the line, I also reserved a room for a coworker who was traveling with me. I held the reservation on my card since my coworker wasn't around at the time. When we checked it, I made sure they switched the reservation to his card - or so I thought. When I got my statement, I'd been hit with his charges and mine. We called the hotel and sorted it out - but that wasn't the end of it. Now I had a debit in one month and a credit in the following month. In order to avoid refund scams such as an employee reporting a charged expense and then getting a refund resulting in a net credit on the card, employees have to reconcile credits to debits so that my employer receives any refunds due. I had to submit receipts and written commentary to prove the original charge was a mistake, that I never filed an expense claim for the original debit, and that the credit negated that original charge.
I don't know your company policy, but this might not be as simple as returning and repurchasing the phone depending on your employer's policy. It's probably best to say "mea culpa" and show that you've taken actions to correct your mistake. And then do something to make sure you never do it again- put a piece of orange tape on the company card or whatever else you need to do. As for me, it's easy... the only AMEX is my wallet is my company card. My personal card is a VISA which is a completely different color, so I'll never make the mistake of confusing the 2.
Good luck.
Sam
celly
macrumors 6502
I don't want to accuse anyone of anything, but I used to administer credit card programs as numerous companies. We had a salesman that always used to tell me he used his company card for personal purchases in error because the "card looked like his personal card". Then the card provider changed the colour from grey to blue and he tried to use the excuse some more.
Turns out he was trying to use our card because his own was maxed out. I had a simple solution. I could deduct the full amount of what he owed us from his next pay check.
It's very dangerous to use a company card for personal use without letting the company know BEFORE the charge shows up and is viewed with suspicion and as others have said, it cause for immediate dismissal.
I'm not saying the OP is in this boat, but if he is, it's best to resolve it ASAP. As others have said, it's not worth losing a job over just to be an earlier adopter of a phone.
smallnshort247
macrumors 6502a
If you're still within the 14 day return policy, you should be able to do a return or exchange. Exchange means returning your phone and ringing out a new phone (within the same transaction) to give you which wouldn't reset or mess with your upgrade eligibility. Option two (if apple doesn't have anymore of your model phone in stock) is to have them return your phone closed box (even though it's opened) and then re ring it out. The only possibly issue is that when you return a phone ( not exchange ) it usually can take hours to maybe a few days for your eligibility to reset. Hopefully that helped.. Just make sure to take the box and all the contents of the with you to the apple store. Good luck!
Lucille Carter
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Agreed, the above is about as good as you can do.
If your company still fires you, it is just a rule that can't be broken.
Good luck.