Ah, banks. How I hate thee.

[deathpixie]

So, yesterday I finally got my arse into the bank to arrange for my Australian account to get signed up as an external transfer from my Canadian one. Basically so I can Internet transfer money from here to there and from there onto my credit card since I can't pay that one directly. One problem. They don't do that here yet.

*boggles*

Something Australia (and Europe) is ahead of North America (since it's the States as well) on? Inconceivable!

Okay, I thought, try Plan B - get a Canadian credit card and use that to pay off my Aussie card completely and then pay that off.

No dice. I haven't got a credit history here, and the fact I've had one for ten years in Australia (to the point they gave me a card with a $7000 limit) doesn't count.

*grrs*

At least the lady I talked to was nice. But it means I'm going to have to wire the money to my account, which means once a month saving up $500 to make the fees worth the effort. Hopefully my tax return will cover things. Once I sort out something of an error I made on it - Dad, expect a call or an email tonight my time, Friday morning, yours.

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[msss.livejournal.com]

Hmm... if it helps, I do have a Canadian credit card (apparently jobless uni students are not expected to have credit history). I use my President's Choice bank account and left over money to pay it off. Actually, I'm not sure if that would work, you want to transfer money from there to here, don't you?