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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My Old Manis a retired I.T. teacher. When I was a uni student I considered myself confident when it came to arseing around with computers. I was proud that when I got stuck, I could call up me dear old Dad.
He would patiently guide me through the process of how to recover the contents of the hard drive I'd wiped (did I mention I thought I was tech-savvy) and unlike my local computer store wouldn't charge me up the arse for it. Which was all well and good.
Until one day when I got a call from my Mum. Who wanted to discuss my finances.
'Ooooh... shit' thinks I, but like a good Son duly hopped on the bus home to face the music.
Turns out that dear old Dad had bought a piece of software that allowed him to view the details of any account registered to the family home address. Upon hearing this news all the blood drained from my unkempt, emaciated face. Clever Dad.
My collossal student loan.
Very well. We all know about that one. Not ideal but no problem.
The student bank account, £1k overdrawn.
Got a bit of a bollocking for bad money management but nothing too savage.
The other student bank account. The one I didn't tell them about.
Also £1k overdrawn. Shit.
The Visa Card. All £3500 of it.
Now not even Nick Leeson had to face the wrath of my Mum.
Still, it worked. I'm not in debt now.
Apart from the student loan. That and the humungous mortgage.
Bugger.
(, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 17:17, 3 replies)
That's asurprising bit of software there. Surprisingly illegal o_O
(, Sat 18 Jul 2009, 6:07, closed)
Or possiblythey had an idea you were shite with money and then just did some snooping of their own, and found out the sum of your debts and told you it was a benign computer program just so you wouldn't hate them for going through your stuff intentionally...?
(, Sat 18 Jul 2009, 22:37, closed)
Oh I couldn't hate them for it......that's the schpiel they gave me and I bought it lock stock!
They helped me fix what had become a massive problem and for that I'm eternally grateful to them.
(, Mon 20 Jul 2009, 12:45, closed)
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