A quiet week at work. There were two public holidays in South Africa on Monday and Friday, so quite a few of our SA-based colleagues took the other three days as leave. I had some nice gaps in my diary to allow me to get things done. I took Friday off to relax ahead of an early start on Saturday, but ended up spending a lot of it in Bedford, trying to work out how to contact my bank as we attempted to buy a used car. I’d sent the transfer on Thursday but the payment was blocked as suspected fraud. This is a great feature — thank you for looking out for us, bank people — but it is missing one essential ingredient: letting the account holder know that the payment has been blocked. Eventually we found a phone number for the bank, got hold of the right person, and discovered what had happened. They unblocked the payment, the seller acknowledged receipt, and we could then drive away. After our misadventure with buying a 15-year-old Mini that died after 18 months, costing us a small…
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