Card issues from last night resolved, but too late (we cancelled all the cards just to be safe):
It seems HSBC HK are dismally slow in sending these texts about charges to cards. Those texts referring to “transactions on the 26th” actually happened up to 2 weeks ago. Some for little amounts that I can’t remember spending but very probably did, some for rather large amounts.
So of course when dad got 10 texts about charges to both credit cards all on the same day, I thought something had gone horribly wrong. In reality, I’ve used both cards a few times these past few weeks.
So now I have no working bank cards at all. HSBC Edinburgh is still working on sending that new card to me (not sure how this is so complicated — going to the branch after lunch to ask what the hell’s going on) — and the HK cards will take 5 working days from today to be reissued.
Like being back in a time before I was born. Damn.