Afro Droid Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Continued from the 'Rant' thread...Banks. Shit, shit, shit. Direct Debits - they're a huge scam aren't they? Is it that difficult for a payment top come out on the day it's meant to? Evidently it is, either that or the bank (in my case, the fucking TSB) takes the money early (when you have no money), or late (when you have no money); cue charges, bounced payments etc. I'm semi-convinced that they watch your account and pick their optimum moment to screw you over - holding the money in 'limbo' to get the interest. Cunts.Also, my girlfriend suspected she'd had her indentity theived, weird payments appeared on her statement (to chinese restaurants in Cambridge and the like), even stranger was that the amounts and dates matched payments she had really made. She contacted her bank, Barclays, and it turns out they'd just randomly doubled up on her genuine payments and allocated them to random bussinesses, again in 'limbo' making the bank interest, a "glitch in the system" apparently. Bullshit, they took the money out in order to charge her for being overdrawn, even though it was against payments she didn't make or authorise, and to make interest off her cash. Cunts.Any similiar experiences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Continued from the 'Rant' thread...Banks. Shit, shit, shit. Direct Debits - they're a huge scam aren't they? Is it that difficult for a payment top come out on the day it's meant to? Evidently it is, either that or the bank (in my case, the fucking TSB) takes the money early (when you have no money), or late (when you have no money); cue charges, bounced payments etc. I'm semi-convinced that they watch your account and pick their optimum moment to screw you over - holding the money in 'limbo' to get the interest. Cunts.Also, my girlfriend suspected she'd had her indentity theived, weird payments appeared on her statement (to chinese restaurants in Cambridge and the like), even stranger was that the amounts and dates matched payments she had really made. She contacted her bank, Barclays, and it turns out they'd just randomly doubled up on her genuine payments and allocated them to random bussinesses, again in 'limbo' making the bank interest, a "glitch in the system" apparently. Bullshit, they took the money out in order to charge her for being overdrawn, even though it was against payments she didn't make or authorise, and to make interest off her cash. Cunts.Any similiar experiences?My bank, Lloyds just sent me a crappy diary and had the nerve to charge me 16 quid for it!! Who the fuck uses a diary these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 a million but thankfully my life of constant debt and financial disorientation seems to have more or less got itself sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Continued from the 'Rant' thread...Banks. Shit, shit, shit. Direct Debits - they're a huge scam aren't they? Is it that difficult for a payment top come out on the day it's meant to? Evidently it is, either that or the bank (in my case, the fucking TSB) takes the money early (when you have no money), or late (when you have no money); cue charges, bounced payments etc. I'm semi-convinced that they watch your account and pick their optimum moment to screw you over - holding the money in 'limbo' to get the interest. Cunts.Also, my girlfriend suspected she'd had her indentity theived, weird payments appeared on her statement (to chinese restaurants in Cambridge and the like), even stranger was that the amounts and dates matched payments she had really made. She contacted her bank, Barclays, and it turns out they'd just randomly doubled up on her genuine payments and allocated them to random bussinesses, again in 'limbo' making the bank interest, a "glitch in the system" apparently. Bullshit, they took the money out in order to charge her for being overdrawn, even though it was against payments she didn't make or authorise, and to make interest off her cash. Cunts.Any similiar experiences?you should write and get that 4p interest back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 you should write and get that 4p interest back then.4p? Bank of Scotland charged me 30 whenever I went overdrawn. Hence me stopping Direct Debit payments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 4p? Bank of Scotland charged me 30 whenever I went overdrawn. Hence me stopping Direct Debit payments.did I say "get the charges back"?...I distincly remember seeing "...and to make interest off her cash"I was subject to being "overdrawn" for 1 day, and charged 30 by the TSB. So I closed my account. fuckem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted October 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 you should write and get that 4p interest back then.You may scoff, but what if they do that to 200,000 other customers on the same day? 8000 into some knob-jockey's bonus is what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 did I say "get the charges back"?...I distincly remember seeing "...and to make interest off her cash"I was subject to being "overdrawn" for 1 day, and charged 30 by the TSB. So I closed my account. fuckemDon't be so cocky goddammit. *bitch-slap* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 BoS have supposedly sent me out about a bazillion new cards for my savings account 'cause my book doesn't technically exist anymore, but none of them have come. I also think I may have been charged a withdrawl that didn't work too.Hotdamn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 You may scoff, but what if they do that to 200,000 other customers on the same day? 8000 into some knob-jockey's bonus is what happens.yes...I wouldn't deny that.so go write to them and reclaim your 4p.that is all I am saying.PS...I've got a big fat matress now.seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Just to get something free from my bank, I regularly ask for a new cashpoint card. I don't even need one, just want a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hobo Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Don't think i've used my debit or credit card since June, it's kind of cool and relaxing living on a strict budget making spending money for the month from trading whilst having the money from the day job accumulate in the bank with direct debits coming out monthly.Try putting your credit and debit cards into a tupperware container, filling it with water and putting it in the deep freeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Don't think i've used my debit or credit card since June, it's kind of cool and relaxing living on a strict budget making spending money for the month from trading whilst having the money from the day job accumulate in the bank with direct debits coming out monthly.Try putting your credit and debit cards into a tupperware container, filling it with water and putting it in the deep freeze.so how do you buy things on a daily basis?do you go into the bank and get a lump sum out at the start / end of the month?I myself have a credit card that I pay off in full at the end of every month. (and never think of it as "credit" - just "my money" - so I've never gone nutty on it). It's also a cashback card, so at the end of every year, I get a nice we discount off the last bill. I've used it for "everything" - everyday purchases, so my money in the bank never gets touched, 'til the end of the month - to pay off the card.I'd also weaned myself off being a consumer a while back, you know that feeling on pay day, where you think "I have to go spend this now!"...I'd realised I'd stopped doing that when I once walking into a clothes shop and said to my self..."I don't need this, and I don't want it".I've often thought that people who need gadgets and fashion to say something about themselves are missing the point... just 'cos you've got the latest phone or cool top from bench (or whoever), doesn't mean to say you can hold an interesting conversation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I've often thought that people who need gadgets and fashion to say something about themselves are missing the point... just 'cos you've got the latest phone or cool top from bench (or whoever), doesn't mean to say you can hold an interesting conversation!It also doesn't mean that you're an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 It also doesn't mean that you're an idiot.I love this forum...where on earth did I say (or hint) that people who do spend dosh every time a gadget comes out - or spends shit loads on the latest fashions that they are idiots?If anything, I think they are kidding themselves that "it matters". that is all.not being able to have an interesting conversation, doesn't mean someone is thick... just that their "interests" are pretty vacuous. (but.....that's just my opinion)...I am sure there are plenty of people that think the latest xBox game is interesting...because spending hours in front of a TV in a fantasy world, pissing your life away is interesting, isn't it.now, if someone was to MAKE a game for the xBox...that would be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 I love this forum...where on earth did I say (or hint) that people who do spend dosh every time a gadget comes out - or spends shit loads on the latest fashions that they are idiots?If anything, I think they are kidding themselves that "it matters". that is all.It's more your condescending and holier than thou attitude that provides implication in what you're saying.It's all: "I buy fresh organic vegetables, if you don't shame on you for being stupid and not wanting to" and "Ho ho ho, i don't buy consumer goods, i'm better than you" (i'm paraphrasing there of course).I love the fact that you've got all indignant about someone picking you up for lording it above the rest of us. Go back to picking your home grown sprouts and leave the rest of us consumers be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 fair doos.I am the cunt.I respect that.gotta love that I get slagged for wanting people to not be sheep, to actually do something, and care about stuff in their life. I just know I should refrain from "being serious"...lets all talk about shite.holier than thou...love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 fair doos.I am the cunt.I respect that.gotta love that I get slagged for wanting people to not be sheep, to actually do something, and care about stuff in their life. I just know I should refrain from "being serious"...lets all talk about shite.holier than thou...love it.No, i'm not slagging you, i actually think you're right in what you say. It's that old adage "It's not what you say, it's the way you say it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 No, i'm not slagging you, i actually think you're right in what you say. It's that old adage "It's not what you say, it's the way you say it".aye, words, they are always my downfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcn Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 has anyone ever got their bank charges refunded? I used to be absolutely disastrous with money, and so racked up quite a lot of charges, particularly during one Christmas where I was so skint I would write out cheques that I knew would bounce :-) I was quite sceptical about the whole refunding thing but my bank sent me a letter saying in so many words that they were not liable in any way, but would " as a goodwill gesture" offer me a four figure sum. Woo hoo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 now, if someone was to MAKE a game for the xBox...that would be interesting.does that make me interesting? Xbox and PC mind you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 does that make me interesting? Xbox and PC mind you!you sir....are very interesting....(to the police, I imagine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 I have a surprisingly clean record with the police which they only know me for throwing parties in Bridge of Don about 6 years ago, drinking in the streets, peeing in public and I got caught steaming drunk once with a Morissons trolley full of booze outside Archibald Simpsons. Oh, and a fight with a polish nazi outside Drummonds.Other than that, I'm a model citizen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 I Oh, and a fight with a polish nazi outside DrummondIn it's full glory, it was A Polish Nazi From Fraserburgh.This one never gets old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 In it's full glory, it was A Polish Nazi From Fraserburgh.This one never gets old...Sorry. I really should give him his full title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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