One day when you stop being ignorant you might realise regardless of the company you go with Direct Debits naturally can take that amount of time to be set up. For some reason though you can't grasp this in any shape or form.

In case anyone hasn't worked this out, 2016 is the next time 17th June falls on a Friday.

Does DD setup all happen electronically or is there some snail mail involved?

Post deleted by lt567

I expect the main holdup is at the banks. They have to validate it, as they are responsible for the effect on your account if an unauthorised charge is made on it.

Unlike standing orders, which are set up by the bank by your instructions to them.

Yes the DD guarantee and anti fraud measures will all add time to the banks processing of new authorisations. Banks don't want to pay out money when they don't have to.

Or even pay out money when they have too...

better to have loads of messages telling us of disruption than none!

In reply to a post by jelv:

Does DD setup all happen electronically or is there some snail mail involved?

Depends.

Original system - Customer fills in application form and posts back to company. Company posts application to the bank.

AUDDIS - Customer fills in application form and sends back to company. Company submits application electronically to the bank through BACS.

Paperless - Customer signs up on line or on phone. Company submits application electronically to the bank through BACS.

So, no snail mail for Plusnet, or most organisations these days I imagine. Can't remember when I last had to fill in and post a paper DD application.

In reply to a post by blfamily:

better to have loads of messages telling us of disruption than none!

The point of my OP was the specific text of the email subject . The mistake is repeated in the body of the email.

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 21-Jun-13 22:04:03)