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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A bank error in your favour...My father in law has a gift. Anything money-related he touches (gambling, premium bonds, stocks) seems to work in his favour in the long run.
However, he really made a profit when one day he checked his balance and he was £4500 up. He checked through his statements and sure enough about £4500 (I forget the exact figure) had been put in there by his bank.
He waited for the inevtible phone call of "Sorry we shouldn't have put that money in there, blah blah", but none arrived. Even to this day nothing has been mentioned, so he did what any slightly dishonest person would do and kept it, divvying it up amongst the family (a big thanks, as I managed to pay my car tax and MOT).
And I thought this sort of thing only happened in Monopoloy. (He wins that too all the time, jammy bastard).
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VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 12:40,
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Your father in law is a drug dealer.AICMFP
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Sorry, I'm thickWhat does AICMFP mean?
He's not a drug dealer, it's much worse, he's a salesman.
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VandenPlas can't think of anything clever - no change there!, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 13:23,
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AICMFPAnd I Claim(maybe Collect) My Five Pounds.
On b3ta it's used when you claim you've found the answer to something, but as a joke really. From a radio show, I think?
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Your father-in-lawwanted to do something nice for the family members he thought deserved it, but knew you wouldn't accept a direct payment from him.
AICMFP?
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I hada similar thing happen.
Due to my running a large 'anti-bank' interweb forum thing, my bank decided one day to remove my OD with very short notice (note, it was repaid in full each month and no defaults - they also froze my account every Friday to Monday for 'security reasons').
I moved a couple of grand from my other account to cover the OD.
On the day they said the OD would be gone - it wasn't.
So I withdrew it and never paid a penny into that account again.
So I can only consider that they gave me a gift of 1600 quid to compensate me for their pettyness and all the trouble and inconvenience they caused me.
Very nice of them I thought.
I never heard another word from them - which somewhat backs up my theory.
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