How stupid do I feel? I’ve just opened my mail (yes last Friday’s mail… ) and discovered that my Visa has a larger balance than I was expecting. But that’s odd … because I transferred a couple of thousand on it just after pay day!
So I jumped on line to check and discovered that I’d transferred the money onto a different card – one that has a zero outstanding balance :S Stoopid GIrl! Feeling a banking drama coming – I called them to see if I can BPay it back the other way. And no! You can’t. Of course not – that sounds too simple and reasonable – so why would a bank allow that??!?! So then I had to call the other bank people… and got stuck in their Goddamn loopy computerized voice prompt system for about five minutes before doing a quick search to see how to force their system to default to an operator. Grrrr!
Finally got to talk to someone and ask them nicely to do a BPay Error correction for me…. and got told it would take up to 21 days to have the money transferred back! 21 DAYS!!! How ludicrous is that? Only our fucking banks could operate on those sorts of timeframes and expect people to find them reasonable. In this day and age – where we’re used to instantaneous transfers etc, how can something – anything? – take 21 days to process!!!
mumble fuck … mumble fuck…
For anyone who needs it – here’s how to circumvent some popular Aussie IVRs. 🙂 and talk to some people instead.
AussieHomeloans 13 13 33 – 0000
American Express 1300 132 639 – 0#
ANZ Bank 13 13 14 – 00000
BankWest 131 718 – 00000#
Bendigo Bank 1300 366 666 – 0
Citibank 13 24 84 – 00
Commonwealth Bank 13 22 21 – 000
Diners Club 1300 360 060 – 0
Esanda 13 23 13 – 00
HSBC 1300 308 880 – 1
ING Bank 1800 639 082 0 – wait 0#
ING Direct 1800 500 240 – 0
National Australia Bank 13 13 12 – ###
RAMS Home Loans 13 72 67- 000
Suncorp 13 11 34 – 0000
St. George Bank 13 33 30 – say ‘Everyday Banking’
Wizard Home Loans 131 970 – 0
Westpac Banking Corporation 13 19 00 – 0
Woolworths Ezy Banking 13 72 88 – 0
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