credit card

[Plumbing Supplies]

Clearly you dont bank with absa.

Meaning to request the merchant to do a Manual Bank on his speedpoint machine - which will show all the transactions of that day - and you will also be able to see if the money went through and if was then rejected and subtracted from the total amount banked - which will show you wether it was the merchant or the Bank or you who is in error.

This is not too much trouble for them - it will have to be done by the manager of the Store/Garage/Restaurant and should require a Supervisor Card and/or Code - but can be done (as far as I know).

[Scaffold]

Its not the bank but the speedpoint.."Fastnet" is the real problem. They register the transaction before its officialy done, then they send an sms to the bank who then send you an sms saying the transaction is done...seconds later it loses connection or whatever and the transaction has not been completed. Wel thats how I have experienced it.