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Speed of light?

By Murray Bourne, 28 Jul 2005

How come when you pay a bill via Internet banking, the message is:

Please note that the organisation may take 2 to 3 working days for the payment processing.

Oh yeah, that's right - the bank can make $$ on your money while they are waiting for it to "clear". Another banking scam...

See the 1 Comment below.

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Posted in Computers & Internet category - 28 Jul 2005 [Permalink]

One Comment on “Speed of light?”

  1. Card0 says:
    6 Apr 2007 at 8:37 am [Comment permalink]

    This is absurd! No wonder there's the DHL "3-ring" ad.

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