Questionable banking practices

I paid for a console that I bought from a friend in PE. Unfortunately he gave me his old savings account number: *** instead of his new cheque account number: ***.<br> This is where things go downhill fast. Standard bank informs my friend that his old account number has been reallocated and that I will have to to proceed with a credit recall with my bank Absa but of course getting the money back is not guaranteed because somebody else now owns the account. This to me sounds very ***** on Standard banks part especially since the account originally belonged to my friend. I have been told by my bank Absa that it will take up to 3 weeks for a response from Standard bank and another 3 weeks for a \possible"recall. So a total of 6 weeks waiting time. This is unacceptable. If my EFT is not reversed as soon as possible I will go to the Ombudsman on Monday. I am unhappy with Standard banks efforts as well and will be reporting them on HelloPeter and the Banking Ombudsman"