BanksYour Ginger Fuhrer froths, "I hate my bank. Not because of debt or anything but because I hate being sold to - possibly pathologically so - and everytime I speak to them they try and sell me services. Gold cards, isas, insurance, you know the crap. It drives me insane. I ALREADY BANK WITH YOU. STOP IT. YOU MAKE ME FRIGHTED TO DO MY NORMAL BANKING. I'm angry even thinking about them."
So, tell us your banking stories of woe.
No doubt at least one of you has shagged in the vault, shat on a counter or thrown up in a cash machine. Or something
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chthonic, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 13:15)
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HSBCI was moving into a new place and so needed to take out about £600 to pay for my first month's rent and deposit. Knowing that you can't take that much out of the cash machine in one day, and since I had a cheque to pay in, I went into the Knightsbridge branch. I got to the counter and paid in the cheque and asked to take out the £600 (I had this much in my account not including the cheque I'd just paid in) only to be told that I could only take out £500 in one day. I informed them that if I didn't get the money then I would be rendered homeless and probably have to sleep on the streets. Again I was politely informed that with my type of account I could only withdraw £500 in one day. This surprisingly enough got me just a tiny bit annoyed and if it weren't for the cheque I had just lodged I would have closed my account then and there and demanded to be paid the balance.
A bit of advice for anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation. If you start shouting "It's my money - why won't you let me have my money" in a busy bank (especially a busy branch in an affluent area like Knightsbridge) they tend to deal with your request rather quickly. Needless to say, the day the cheque cleared I went back and closed my account.
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Dawes, Tomes Mousely, Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary BankGosh Sir - were you in a film with Mary Poppins by any chance and do you like flying kites??!!!
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Vambo, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 22:13,
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Eh?You've completely lost me there I afraid.
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Feed the birds......tuppence a bag...
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The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 22:39,
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What is with all the Mary Poppins references?I just don't get it.
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A spoonful of sugarMakes the medicine go down.
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Mary Poppins"It's my money - why won't you let me have my money" was a line spoken by young master Banks in Mary Poppins and it caused a "run" on the bank.
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Vambo, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 9:24,
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