Greek Wire - Quasi Theft

Santo · 08-19-08, 03:32 PM

It's not an infrequent occurrence when wiring money internationally, I recently wired myself money from a UK bank account to a Cypriot one, and it took the bank in Cyprus about 3 weeks between them receiving the wire and crediting it to the correct recipient account, they claimed a typing error when inputting the information caused it to get mislaid.

So it may be The Greek, but it's just as likely to be their bank hasn't yet credited it to their account, or has done so with an incorrect reference.

Thremp · 08-19-08, 04:12 PM

Yeah, I don't think they're doing it out of malice, just stupidity.

Thremp · 08-19-08, 05:26 PM

They managed to un****tify themselves. My favorite part of the conversation:

"We don't accept bank wires from business accounts."
"You accepted mine and have held my money for over 3 weeks."
"You have a point."

It seems they were going to just keep my money since it came from my business account instead of directly my personal (My name and everything are the only ones on this business acct). Also, their policy of not accepting business wires is pretty lol.

bigboydan · 08-19-08, 07:34 PM

You did have a very unique situation Thremp. I'm not saying the book was in the right in this particular case, however it was a business account though. Not too many people here would wire it through that type of account I wouldn't think.

durito · 08-19-08, 08:12 PM

I've found that bankwires only get lost because incompetent people don't know how to do their jobs.

FWIW Matchbook gets my wires in 2 days and will transfer out even without a 1x rollover. That may be account specific though.

Thremp · 08-19-08, 11:54 PM

BBD,

I can understand a little more since they got confused. I'm just stunned that they would accept the wire, and not give any sort of effort to allocate it. If there is an account number included and they accept the wire, I fail to see any reason why they should just "hang onto it" instead of sticking it into the account listed.

Even the best places are rife with stupidity.

SlappyWhite · 08-20-08, 12:48 PM

Western Union or Moneygram, it should be a fuking chant on this site.

durito · 08-20-08, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by SlappyWhite

Western Union or Moneygram, it should be a fuking chant on this site.

Some of us are sending a bit more than $23.50.

SlappyWhite · 08-20-08, 02:44 PM

I am pretty sure ** and ** have like a 1k or 2k limit. And there is no limit to how many you can send per week, but I guess the paperwork would become prolific if the amount was large enough.

dwaechte · 08-20-08, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by durito

Some of us are sending a bit more than $23.50.

Is it just me or are you slowly becoming even more bitter and angry? I mean, I know you've always been to some extent, but yeesh..

durito · 08-20-08, 03:55 PM

Originally posted by dwaechte

Is it just me or are you slowly becoming even more bitter and angry? I mean, I know you've always been to some extent, but yeesh..

Who are you?

dwaechte · 08-20-08, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by durito

Who are you?

Your mom?

FadeThePublic · 08-20-08, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by dwaechte

Is it just me or are you slowly becoming even more bitter and angry? I mean, I know you've always been to some extent, but yeesh..

Lets not forget this guy is from La Selva Lacandona. You'd be mad too. lol

durito · 08-20-08, 04:41 PM

Originally posted by FadeThePublic

Lets not forget this guy is from La Selva Lacandona. You'd be mad too. lol

That's a good one.

Chances you know where that is:

Yes +5000
No -3000

Thremp · 08-20-08, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by durito

That's a good one.

Chances you know where that is:

Yes +5000
No -3000

WTF? Did you steal a linesmaker from Bodog?

BTW This was my first effort at sending a wire. I had heard Durito touting its virtues and figured I needed to learn more ways than just **/**. Which considering the problems that ** is having, kinda was good... I guess.

Or I could just stop ****ing losing and not have to deposit. Whatev.

dwaechte · 08-20-08, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by Thremp

Or I could just stop ****ing losing and not have to deposit. Whatev.

SBR does not understand(myself included)

Next thing you know you'll be talking about "withdrawing".

Withdrawing/not losing/not being a degenerate = way overrated

Thremp · 08-20-08, 05:40 PM

Yeah, I'm not suprised.

durito · 08-20-08, 05:57 PM

There are banks that allow you to send online bank wires (perhaps only one, pm me if you want to know).

This lets you fill in the form yourself (since 99% of bank employees don't know how) and assure it gets there quickly. Unless the book fails of course like this case.