I mentioned in an earlier blog that my Dubai bank, HSBC, continues to confound me. I was just trying to set up a monthly wire transfer to my US bank--15k aed per month. Well, it didn't process in December and in January 30k was wired. I was hoping they just had both months combined together and it would all sort itself out in February.
This week I got a text from HSBC saying that 15k had been transferred! Woohoo! Victory!!!
Two days later, I got another text saying 30k had been transferred. AHHHHHHGGGGHHH!!!
So, I made a trip into Deira to the HSBC main branch and sat down with my banker, Zania, and explained what was going on. She stared at my account on the computer for a few mins. I think she was a bit embarrassed that things had gotten so screwed up. But she said she would get it fixed. She asked me if I wanted to reverse the 30k wire and I told her 'no''; which she said was good, because she didn't think it could be done...smile :)
She called me yesterday and said that it is fixed...so stay tuned til the end of March to see. If they ship another 45k (or who knows, 60k, 75k?) I will be broke on this side of the planet and probably in jail for transferring more than I have in my account.
As a side note, there is a Super14s rugby team called the New South Wales Wartahs, based in Sydney (photo above). They are now 4-0 and I despise them because they have HSBC emblazoned on their chests! They play my Brumbies (2-1) next Friday....boooo Wartahs! booo HSBC!
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