Yesterday I had a bit of a shock. I payed a bill over the phone, and found that my bank balance was far lower than I expected. Since my bank is going through some moving pains, I thought that my paychecks weren’t getting deposited.
I looked online for my transactions, but it wouldn’t report anything. I scootered down to the bank and tried to use the instant teller to update my bankbook. It refused.
Try sleeping peacefully with that.
When I got up this morning I went through my finances and made sure they were all entered. The complete information made it look like my balance wasn’t that far off. I still have some details to examine, but it isn’t as terrifying. I still wanted to know why my bankbook hadn’t updated.
For lunch I went to the CIBC and they updated my bankbook. I haven’t gone over it with a fine tooth comb yet.
My irritation is now about my checks. Because they are changing my transit number, they need to give me new checks. I still have 85 left over, and I’m going through about 12 a year. The new checks they gave me have the wrong name on them (Well not entirely. They have my mother’s name too because it is a joint account with her, but I’m the only one who uses it.) They also don’t have the carbon-copy for every check. That is a luxury that I’m addicted to. But then I’m anal-retentive when it comes to finances. I got them to reorder so I’m hoping this will fix all the problems. I’ll only get 50 new checks, but that is probably for the best.