Four to Six Weeks

An ancient safe on display in the office of the Alabama State Treasurer.

    
 Back in ancient times---say 1990---ordering something by phone came with a promise the delivery would be made in that time frame.
    Four to six weeks!
    That sounds especially onerous these days, when more than one day's delay is considered soooo sloooow.

     So in my retired life, transferring an IRA from one financial firm to another, I was shocked to hear them say it would take that "four to six weeks" for the money to move.

     As it turns out it was moved in a matter of a couple of days, BUT.....

    The institution holding the money transferred it by writing a check and mailing it to the other company!

    Don't they know about, er, computers? And that Internet thing?
    Think that might be intentional? Of course. But when you own money for a bill....

     Wish I could name the old and new company, but....