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To be fair, my mother is in a protracted situation with one of Europe's largest banks and the UK government's savings scheme. She made a transfer of a sum of mo
by petercooper 3y ago
To be fair, my mother is in a protracted situation with one of Europe's largest banks and the UK government's savings scheme. She made a transfer of a sum of money to the savings scheme but the bank refused for various reasons, yet the savings scheme acted as if they had received it. She now has the lump sum in both the bank account and the savings scheme with both of them claiming everything is fine and refusing to investigate further unless she files an official complaint at having 2x the money(!)
If a global bank and the UK government can't figure this stuff out, I can certainly see how a company like Fisker might drop the ball.
- mvdtnz 3y agoOP was commenting on the use of cheques, which is comical in the rest of the world. Banking errors can happen anywhere.
- bigiain 3y agoYep. I remember having a chequebook. Pretty sure it was around the mid 1990s. I don't remember ever using one, or ever renewing the chequebook. I don't think I've seen an actual paper cheque since the job I quit in 1998. (I'm from Australia.)
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoGuess she should close the savings account and see how much they send her?
- throwway120385 3y ago"Bank error in your favor. Collect $200."
- RajT88 3y agoAn extremely accurate way to describe it. $200 back when Monopoly was made is equivalent to ~$4500 USD.
- foobarian 3y agoHeh. Couple months ago my mortgage company applied a payment to two consecutive months, also paid by paper check. Maybe check processing skills are getting lost from the workforce.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI am now trying to set up direct deposit in an investment account I own. Despite being able to buy and sell online in that account, to enable direct deposit I need to mail them a paper form, with notarized signature, and include a voided blank check. I have not written a paper check in years and I'm not even sure I have any.
- jfray2k22 3y agoMost banks will print a sheet of 3 on demand at a branch. I think they're called counter checks? I haven't used a checkbook in probably about a decade, so when they've been needed for some reason, I just get those.