International Finance Funnies

Tuesday, September 12. 2006
As you may or may not be aware, Ireland is expensive and 200 Euro won't last somebody a semester. I set up a wire transfer today, but noticed my trading limit was low. My exchange biz has a form to increase the limit that I filled out as such:

[my name] has requested a trade limit INCREASE.

Desired limit: 3000
Curr: EUR
User: [my name, again]
Contact Info:
Desired Contact Phone: none yet (why i need money)
Desired Contact email: [my email]
Desired Contact Date: 12-09-06
Desired Contact Time: 10:40 (+1 GMT)


I got an email today that read:
"Thank you for your email. I have increased your Trade Limit to XXX
CAD, which will easily accommodate the requested amount of XXX EUR.
Congratulations on sending me the funniest email I have received in some
time. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I started laughing
for no reason. Let's hope you can get your phone hooked up in short
order! Should you require anything further, please feel free to contact
me directly."

That is why I absolutely love this company. You can't say that the service isn't personal.