Until yesterday I thought Debit cards are a nice thing but it seems its not.
Yesterday I went to a Insurance Company in Moratuwa to pay my life insurance. I gave my Sampath bank VISA card and the lady swiped it on the machine, a few seconds later she said my card got rejected and it did not print! I had lots of money in it and it was weird. So I gave my NDB VISA Card and the transaction was successful.
When I came home I called the Sampath bank and they told that Rs. 3,512.00 has been charged from my Sampath Card!

I told them what happened yesterday and today and they said I will have to WAIT 2-3 days for the issue to be corrected!!!


Until then Rs. 3,512.00 is stuck!! What if it was something like Rs. 10,000? I would be bankrupt for 2-3 days!!
Someone (I) should write to the paper but THERE IS NO MEDIA FREEDOM IN SRI LANKA TODAY!!!