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Lodging money on laser card in post office

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  • 21-08-2012 12:22pm
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    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭


    Lodged money onto my laser card in the post office yesterday, can anybody tell me how long it takes for the money to go into my account as I need to pay a bill asap? Thanks


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    if its an aib account isnt it straight away?


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    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    godtabh wrote: »
    if its an aib account isnt it straight away?

    Yes.


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    LeftBlank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 504 ✭✭✭LeftBlank


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Yes.

    It's not. Lodgements are only processed at lunchtime and close of business.


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    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Thanks for the quick reply folks, lodged the money at 12.53pm yesterday. I had 4 euro in my account before lodgement then lodged 150 as my upc bill was 142. Tried paying yesterday at 5pm, online on the UPC website and it said my payment was rejected, but when I checked my bank balance it said I had 12 euro in my balance :confused:

    What im wondering would it be possible that my payment to UPC went through even tho it said it was rejected? The website was down for a while before I payed my bill so maybe they just had technical issues:confused:


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    Solair
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    It's not instant at the moment, although it might be soon when AIB rollout more services to the post office network.

    Typically, it seems to take a few hours. The An Post system must do the transactions in multiple batches during the day.


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    Bannasidhe
    Registered Users Posts: 19,218 ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    LeftBlank wrote: »
    It's not. Lodgements are only processed at lunchtime and close of business.

    I lodge money in my AIB account at the Post Office every week and have done so for years. It's always been instantly available, have even checked via internet banking within 15 minutes and regardless of the time I lodged it, it can be morning or after 'banking hours' and the days vary from week to week, it's always been there. :confused:


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Moved to Banking & Insurance & Pensions

    dudara


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    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    I lodge money in my AIB account at the Post Office every week and have done so for years. It's always been instantly available, have even checked via internet banking within 15 minutes and regardless of the time I lodged it, it can be morning or after 'banking hours' and the days vary from week to week, it's always been there. :confused:

    Same here its usually always instant and if not it only takes a couple of hours at most.


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    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    Same here, which is why I think it's run on multiple batches per day. It could send the transactions every few hours.

    A lot of these systems aren't quite real time.


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    198321
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    when i do that to my aib account i check my online banking after (live next door to post office) and it's there in 20-30 minutes .. no matter what time i lodge money


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    hdowney
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    For me it is always there within the hour, never longer. I was told the first time I did it that it would take an hour to show up in my ac so that's grand


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    liam12989
    Registered Users Posts: 545 ✭✭✭liam12989


    Is there a minimum u can lodge... Want to put in 20 to pay a bill wondering is that ok like minimum amount


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    galwayjohn89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,930 ✭✭✭galwayjohn89


    liam12989 wrote: »
    Is there a minimum u can lodge... Want to put in 20 to pay a bill wondering is that ok like minimum amount

    Thats grand. I have deposited around €2 before!


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