Saturday, December 20, 2008

Ode to Wiring Money

O, great electron of the cosmic ether, take my money and...

There in lies the problem.  People and businesses glibly say, wire me $10k or $60k or whatever, as if it doesn't pucker you up so you feel like a dehydrated prune desiccated in a 15 year old fruit cake after Christmas.

Where do they get off demanding a money wire as if it is business as usual.  Have you ever wired money?  There are massive amounts of numbers and letters that are entered into a complex form. Numerous opportunity to not only make a typographical error but simply have the wrong information.  I don't know how any money gets anywhere with this process.

I will confess that we have wired plenty of money and it actually got to the right account.  How this happened is a mystery to me.  

I'm a little...well, actually a lot...wound up by a request to wire $11k to buy a used vehicle in Panama BEFORE the guy has even located the vehicle.  I know he is doing me a favor...for a hansom fee of course, but give me a break.  

I emailed (another example of trusting the mighty electron to the ether) to work something else out.  We'll see what he says.

This process of moving overseas is a roller coaster ride for sure!  I just Friday shared with a friend that I broke through all the worry and consternation, and I was in the free and clear and full of joy! Ya, right.  What's that old express: what goes up must come down.  

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