Just before leaving for a big sing, I got a call with good news, that I could complete on my new mortgage this friday - whoop! There's "just the matter of the £8,000 shortfall". Now I know when I had to do quadratic equations the other day, it was a bit of a struggle for me to drag from my brain the info that has remained unused since I last did quadratic equations 25 years ago. But I managed. Maths isn't my most favourite subject, but I am really not so daft as to have miscalculated by £8,000. That's nearly a year's wages, where exactly do they think I could pull that from with a day's notice? Of course, I'm fairly sure it will be error (on their part) somewhere along the way. I'm supposed to leave as soon as I can after 9 this morning so will try ringing them before then on the offchance they start work early. Given that they rang me after 6pm, maybe they have extended hours? I wonder if I can charge them for loss of sleep by anxiety caused??? Tho as there's a whole range of folk on my heart right now maybe it's not all down to number juggling.
Speaking of juggling, today I'm a 5 phone woman. Was it Reggie Perrin's boss who had a desk of phones? I don't wish to emulate him, but it looks like it's gonna be a busy one...
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As I suspected, their error and they will actually need to reimburse me around £1500 (no, I didn't bill them for my sleepless night). They offered it by cheque or bank transfer. Now the latter would save me a trip to preston when the bank is open, so that's temping but I thought I'd best check if there was a cost difference. The former is free, the latter £42. Why do they not need to mention that when giving me the choice?
I've used 4 of the 5 phones. Good job I'm a good juggler.
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