Immediate Bank Transfers - pay more for nothing

<p>I needed to make an urgent payment at 9am this morning to a different bank. I selected the immediate transfer option because I need it to reflect straight immediately. Only after you have selected the immediate option, it tells you that you must wait an hour for once-off payments. </p> <p> </p> <p>It is now 2hours later and the amount has still not been deducted from my account so I can only assume that it is far from reflecting on the suppliers side. Why must I pay more for a service that isn't what it says it is? ABSA is just a huge rip-off - extremely unhappy. </p>