#18453
Whale
Flatchatter

    With regard to some people observing that a direct debit is a bad idea, that may be because it’s an arrangement between the respective banks, not in your case between the real estate agency and you, and when things go pear-shaped it’s up to the banks to resolve the issue, and often in their own sweet time!

    As a personal example, the only direct debit arrangement that I ever had was with an insurance company, and when I cancelled the policy to change insurers the direct debit didn’t cancel. Consequently I was paying for both policies for four (4) months until the banks solved the glitch in their system/s that was preventing cancellation of the direct debit.

    No problem getting a refund of the payments, but it was a totally frustrating experience because even though it was my money, there was nothing that I could do to stop insurance company #1 from taking it.