Bye Bye Money

After all that hard work to get out of my overdraft, I'm right back there again. I just went to the bank to transfer over my tuition fees. I'm not looking forward to the day I get the letter through saying it's been taken out of my bank. That lovely plus sign will be turned into an ugly red minus sign, boooo! At least my student account means I don't have any interest to pay.

Wiring money is weird. So many confused faces in the NatWest when I asked about it. It took the cashier girl ages to find someone who knew how to do it! And there were loads of forms to fill in but hopefully everything will be successful.

I was only wiring money because the credit card way was stupid. UCF send you a form to fax off to let them know that you are paying by credit card, with space to write the card holder's name, billing address etc but without any gap for writing in the actual number, so as it the seemed the simplest way to pay the tuition fees my Dad filled in his details as it said on the form (because I don't have a credit card) and faxed it off to the UFC, expecting to receive an email or something with a way to give out the credit card number securely. Lo and behold, later that evening I received an email from a lady from UCF named Jennifer, asking me to re-fax the letter with the credit card details written on it somewhere. Writing your personal credit card details, including the CV2 number on a blank bit of a form and then passing it through God knows how many secretaries and office people during the faxing process does not seem particularly secure, so I decided to go with the transfer instead.

I didn't like how I was charged £20 to do it and I'm going to like it even less when I see what I've been charged. :(

"Give me back my money" - Mary Poppins