While we were paying the sellers, we also payed the lawyer and the realtor.
G e-mailed me to say that the realtor's check had bounced. Not because of funds, but because the signature didn't match. S hasn't changed his signature in years. She called the bank and they told her they'd override it. Realtor goes to cash check again, and it bounces again. Each time this happens, they take 20 NIS from each side. Apparently G had to be on the phone at the same time that E was trying to cash the check.
Next week I will be going in there to get my money back or changing accounts.
A week later I get an e-mail from my lawyer, apparently their lawyer is looking to collect late fees because we took so long getting them the initial payment. Considering my lawyer told us that a verbal agreement for 2 weeks and a post dated check for one week was fine, not so happy with him right now.
In the end, we made an agreement - this time on paper - that if we paid the next payment early, they'd drop the other thing.
Which brings us to today.
My dad sent over the next batch a few days ago, so it would arrive either yesterday or today. It arrived today. The seller called me this morning - since we're going into Yom Haatzmaut territory, their bank is closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday so they need the money today to cover something. Fine with me. I went online to transfer it, and it said I didn't have the right permissions.
I called up Poalim (my branch). They insisted that I come in to sign. I argued that my MIL had been able to do this over the phone with the other manager, and the manager today said that she didn't know about that arrangement - it's like we're dealing with the mob. We have to make arrangements with specific people? I don't think so. I'll be going in there to sort out the bounced check issue next week. I have 2 things to hold over their heads. First, my account. I am happy to move somewhere else. Also, I am about to go mortgage shopping and will threaten to exclude them from consideration. Lastly, I brought a bunch of anglos with me to that bank and they have that on record. I can also threaten to blacklist them with future olim.
S went up to the bank to do the transfer. They tried to explain that it was a security thing that we had to keep coming in, but didn't have an answer as to why some managers let you do it over the phone and some won't.
On a good note, spoke with sellers today - I am going to go and measure their house one afternoon or evening so I can start furniture shopping.
No comments:
Post a Comment