Debt pronWatching TV the other day we caught one of these "Bank of Mummy or the Wife" type shows and we thought, "This is Debt Pron." I.e. peoples financial problems exploited for the voyeuristic pleasure of others. Then we thought, "We bet lots of people on B3ta have massive financial problems. Let's exploit them." So, confess them all. Dodgy credit cards, lending money to some bloke in the pub, visits from the bailiffs, using one card to pay off another. We want to wallow in your fiscal pain. So, what is your biggest money fuck up?
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rob, Thu 23 Nov 2006, 19:50)
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I live in Switzerland at the moment.It's the most ridiculously expensive place in the world, where a weekly shop costs you somewhere in the region of 100 francs (= about £45). For one person. Sadly I'm one of the worst budgeters in this world and they keep telling me I need things like textbooks and expensive temporary residence permits. Fortunately my rent is about £200/month.
However, the Swiss bank I tried to open an account with are bastards. I've been here nearly five weeks and opened the account on the first day. First of all they copied my address down wrong. Then I only got half the paperwork they sent me when the girl who opened the account the same day as me and lives in the same building as me got all of it. Then I asked them to amend my address and resend it all, and they, uh, haven't. All I get is "the terms of our student account have changed, please read this pamphlet...", so they clearly know I exist. I'm meant to be getting a grant from the Swiss government to that account but as I can't get to the fucking thing I've no idea if it's even gone in.
Therefore, I'm paying through the nose in Maestro UK charges every time I take money out and will probably have had to sell a part of my body on eBay by the time I leave here. Bastards.
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Maladicta, Fri 24 Nov 2006, 12:54,
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