And lo on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:50:45 +0100, Tom Austin <taustin> did spake,  
saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:31:02 +0100, Tom Austin <taustin> did  
>> spake, saying:
>>
>>> Fill out form that asked what my great great great grandchild's name  
>>> is going to be.
>>  ....Verifying... please wait.
>>  I just stuck my vehicle duty tax disc in to the DVLA to claim back the  
>> (TAX-10%/6)*3 months you have to pay in advance; please wait 3- 6 weeks  
>> before trying to find out where your money is. So not too bad.
>
> that's 3-6 weeks.... not 6-18

Hence my "So not too bad" this is a government department after all.

> I once had a rebate take 6 months - 26 weeks.
> I almost forgot about it only to have the check come in and I have to  
> look up what it was for.
>
> I guess a lot of rebate houses make their money on pure interest.
>
> Sure a lousy $10 doesn't make too much, but if you get 1000 rebates and  
> hold the cash for each one for 3 months you can garner a bit of interest  
> off of it.

Hell yeah why do you think it used to take so long to transfer money  
around.

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Phil Cook

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