I finally solved a bank transfer mystery that took 6 weeks

I sent $350 to my cousin in Arizona back in February and it just vanished into the void. After six weeks of calls and emails, turns out the routing number was off by one digit and their system just held onto the money without telling anyone. Anyone else have a simple payment turn into a whole ordeal?

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miles728d ago

lindaowens said "flag mismatched routing numbers" and that's exactly it. This is part of a bigger pattern where companies just make small errors invisible to us. Like how a typo in your address gets the package stuck in a sorting facility for weeks with no update. Or how my electric company kept adding a $5 fee to my bill because of a glitch in their system that nobody noticed until I called six times. They build these quiet little holding spots where your stuff just sits and waits for you to jump through hoops.

lindaowens9d ago

Feel your pain. Banks really need to flag mismatched routing numbers instead of just sitting on the cash.