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# Indeed they are.
Utter Pants Icon Design are very proud of their work, I'll have you know.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:03, archived)
# bet they charged a fortune as well
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:17, archived)
# *cough*
Lambie Nairn

*cough*
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:39, archived)
# It's where the money is
This piece of 'strategic marketplace repositioning' cost around 11 million, so I hear:
www.remortgage-tips.com/images/abbeynationaled.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:48, archived)
# ...and was binned within 12 months*
of rollout. Impressive.

*if memory serves
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:52, archived)
# oh yes - that was the worst rebrand ever - it was truly awful
and then they became Santander - so they rebranded again

I've been with the Abbey for 18 years now - it's a rubbish bank and is getting worse

they've just changed their charges now, so instead of being charged £6.18 a month for being overdrawn - I'll be charged a flat £10 -"just to make things clearer"

(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:58, archived)
# Interesting use of the word 'clearer'.
When 'substantially more expensive' would be nearer the mark.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:00, archived)
# I'd go elsewhere if I hadn't got myself so securely tied to the money grabbing bastards
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:05, archived)
# 'Pillars of stability in these trying economic times', surely?
Yeah, right....
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:09, archived)
# Yeah, bloody Lloyds TSB have just introduced something similar
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:05, archived)
# Well, it's not as if they are 80% + public owned and are paying out massive bonuses, or anything like that...
Sorry, what was that...?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:06, archived)
# I like the idea of being sent a text just before you go over your overdraft
but seriously - the "until 3pm overdraft amnesty" is a good idea

(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:08, archived)
# I dunno, I usually already know I'm gonna go overdrawn
and there's usually nothing I can do about it, or I already would've...
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 12:10, archived)
# To be fair, most of the fee was used to buy a CS5 licence
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:55, archived)