From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Paying Insurance Prmiums - NO CHEQUES ALLOWED !!
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:39:50 +0000 (UTC)

> > "Tumbleweed" wrote
> >> I see , perhaps far too late, that you are a troll. Plonk!
> >
> "Tim" wrote
> > Not at all.  If you can put forward a good business argument
> > for a company *needing* to spend millions of pounds just on
> > banking a few cheques, then I'll back down.  But you haven't yet.
> >
> > It's different if there is the prospect of others *also* wanting
> > to pay by cheque, but you stated: "**If you are the last one**,
> > it would be hundreds of thousands to millions of pounds
> > just to deal with your cheque."  I  don't agree at all.
> >
> > Why do you think that the company *needs* an extra
> > three full-time, high-paid employees;  very expensive
> > sophisticated computer systems; and an extra £250K
> > spent on premises, just to accept one cheque?
> >
> > If you can put forward a good business
> > argument, then maybe I *am* a troll.
> > If you cannot then maybe *you* are the troll!!
> >
>
"Tumbleweed" wrote
> Look up 'hyperbole' in the dictionary.

Apologies, I thought you actually meant what you were saying - especially
after the breakdown of £3.5M!!
OK, so the figure of millions was a gross over-exaggeration.  I see.