It's madness, and its on a stick.
What more do you want?
What more do you want?
Getting a cheque in the mail.
Posted 01-24-2009 at 03:42 AM by Xandax
So I had changed provider for unemployment insurance and then I received a cheque in the mail from my old provider because I had paid too much due to the change.
This got me a bit annoyed. No - not because I got money back (duh) but because I got in as a cheque which meant I had to go to the bank, which I do like once or twice a year ... usually to deposit cheques. Banks are never open so I had to leave early from work to make it as well.
What annoys me though is that these people have my account number, and they might as well just post money directly into my bank account without ever needing me to go to the bank. Sure - no doubt they do it this way and hope people forget to deposit the money.
But the worst part is that in this day and age of electronic payments companies have started charging a handling fee if you pay money to THEM as anything but electronic payments, for example by giro payments.
So that was what made me annoying because they did NOT include a handling fee in the money they refunded to me.
It would only be fair if they gave me 20-50 DKK more as well for the inconvenience of having to handle the cheque, just as they expect me to pay them when doing it to them.
So I thought of sending a bill for them for handling of the cheque - but well - I visited the bank and deposited the cheque anyway.
But what applies for money to them, should in my view also apply for money from them
This got me a bit annoyed. No - not because I got money back (duh) but because I got in as a cheque which meant I had to go to the bank, which I do like once or twice a year ... usually to deposit cheques. Banks are never open so I had to leave early from work to make it as well.
What annoys me though is that these people have my account number, and they might as well just post money directly into my bank account without ever needing me to go to the bank. Sure - no doubt they do it this way and hope people forget to deposit the money.
But the worst part is that in this day and age of electronic payments companies have started charging a handling fee if you pay money to THEM as anything but electronic payments, for example by giro payments.
So that was what made me annoying because they did NOT include a handling fee in the money they refunded to me.
It would only be fair if they gave me 20-50 DKK more as well for the inconvenience of having to handle the cheque, just as they expect me to pay them when doing it to them.
So I thought of sending a bill for them for handling of the cheque - but well - I visited the bank and deposited the cheque anyway.
But what applies for money to them, should in my view also apply for money from them
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Perhaps they were unable to reach the secretary that you pay by-the-hour.Quote:So that was what made me annoying because they did NOT include a handling fee in the money they refunded to me.
No, I see where you're coming from. Why can't the individual add the administrative figure like companies do. You know, you'd actually expect an individual fee like that to be much higher as groups of people have both the ability to spread workloads and specialise in specific tasks where necessary?
I thought Denmark had adopted the Euro by the way. Guess I was wrong.Posted 01-26-2009 at 12:37 PM by Tricky
- Yeah - we're still stuck in Danish Kr.
Thank god for VISA card so I don't have to worry about currency any more eitherPosted 01-26-2009 at 01:27 PM by Xandax 
- Because you won't have to deal with physical money, or because Visa would flatline everyone's credit balance anyway by the time the great economic bubble pops?Posted 01-26-2009 at 01:49 PM by Tricky
- Both are beneficial for me
Posted 01-28-2009 at 04:28 AM by Xandax
