tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post8278849462497963397..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: Barking At BarclaysCarol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-67490838958622894592015-08-01T02:24:30.687-07:002015-08-01T02:24:30.687-07:00Excellent!! So glad you won that battle!Excellent!! So glad you won that battle!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-86950529318844306202015-07-29T00:32:19.213-07:002015-07-29T00:32:19.213-07:00My beef was with Santander. I warned them I was a...My beef was with Santander. I warned them I was about to buy a car but when I presented my card in the car showroom the telephone check person from Santander said I was giving the wrong details. After a lot of complication & visits I discovered they had recorded my dob in the American way, month before day! I closed my account.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-15556621735969608992015-07-26T10:04:01.984-07:002015-07-26T10:04:01.984-07:00madness. AND i left my umbrella there on the first...madness. AND i left my umbrella there on the first visit coz I was so cross!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-6460088094348633872015-07-26T09:58:31.212-07:002015-07-26T09:58:31.212-07:00Oh Carol I would have loved to be a fly on the wal...Oh Carol I would have loved to be a fly on the wall that day. We had to jump through hoops to even put our house up for sale. They had passports and bank details but they wanted utility bills, but we have all ours online and don't receive any paper ones, but they still wanted them. The same happened when we bought our new house,they wanted utility bills. Surely the bank knows most people pay gas,electric and TV online? We're saving paper and saving trees and still they keep asking. Anne Macklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635857544175826537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-25943920287044045542015-07-26T02:14:23.266-07:002015-07-26T02:14:23.266-07:00Interesting that someone else has also commented o...Interesting that someone else has also commented on the US system. I really think there is something wrong when people who NEVER give US their past details so we can be sure they are presenting us with good advice, demand such excessive personal stuff from us!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-70961181646506811572015-07-26T02:11:36.776-07:002015-07-26T02:11:36.776-07:00This is absolutely NOTHING compared to the insanit...This is absolutely NOTHING compared to the insanity that is the US banking system these days. We were going to buy the parent's house. It was a reasonable deal, we had plenty in the bank to back it up, and decided to apply for a mortgage for tax reasons. (Don't even get me started on the US tax system!) Four and a half months later, after demanding our banking and financial life histories going back a decade (so not making this up), the mortgage company demanded and additional $3K because—get this—THEIR process had taken so long that the lock on the mortgage rate expired and the new rate would be both higher and more expensive for closing costs. We walked away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-31778356790168293902015-07-26T01:57:02.445-07:002015-07-26T01:57:02.445-07:00You think?You think?Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-70130533927399611682015-07-26T01:44:28.760-07:002015-07-26T01:44:28.760-07:00and they are supposed to be working for us...with ...and they are supposed to be working for us...with our money...anita daweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872644106384365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-51200195271132718892015-07-25T06:24:39.223-07:002015-07-25T06:24:39.223-07:00Try being an American and dealing with a bank outs...Try being an American and dealing with a bank outside the US. Lepers will get a better welcome.DL NELSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740409132697546671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-59220272400771398822015-07-25T05:21:35.821-07:002015-07-25T05:21:35.821-07:00Agreed Seumas and with it has gone common decency,...Agreed Seumas and with it has gone common decency, integrity and sincerity.Cliff Lettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824271347133632569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-73760885106078753032015-07-25T05:08:39.041-07:002015-07-25T05:08:39.041-07:00Hooray! I am waiting for some banker to pile in an...Hooray! I am waiting for some banker to pile in and justify all this rubbish! waiting...waiting....Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-12955805542652842122015-07-25T05:08:05.484-07:002015-07-25T05:08:05.484-07:00It is stupid .. my CRB cert meant that the POLICE ...It is stupid .. my CRB cert meant that the POLICE had checked my background..and I'd supplied my birth certificate...DUH!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-77593410717063901902015-07-25T04:20:14.764-07:002015-07-25T04:20:14.764-07:00This is happening all too often. I also went to ch...This is happening all too often. I also went to change some cash £ currency to Euros at Tesco. "No problem" they said and offered me a cash sum at current rates. I asked if the money could in part be given in one of those cash cards. "Sure they can, have you got ID like a passport or driving licence?" What on earth for? I said and she replied "You know? Money laundering and all that." Oh well, I'll take my laundry in cash then.Cliff Lettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824271347133632569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-68010659446871474362015-07-25T03:51:26.881-07:002015-07-25T03:51:26.881-07:00...I am a former banker, ...glad to say I went-ove......I am a former banker, ...glad to say I went-over-the-wall, escaped over six years ago... and I’m utterly appalled at whet the industry has devolved into... nothing more than a non-glorified pawnbroking cartel...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205251775637958014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-61106636466667994912015-07-25T01:50:34.141-07:002015-07-25T01:50:34.141-07:00Excellent..that's TWO banks named and shamed!Excellent..that's TWO banks named and shamed!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-17061513168193322232015-07-25T01:43:30.003-07:002015-07-25T01:43:30.003-07:00ps, I shall name and shame - Santander.ps, I shall name and shame - Santander.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-39445286555575675332015-07-25T01:42:54.052-07:002015-07-25T01:42:54.052-07:00I'm sure many of us have such tales. My lovely...I'm sure many of us have such tales. My lovely old aunt wanted to move an account, and rang them. They asked for her pin number - she doesn't have one, she explained, as she never used the hole-in-the-wall. You can't do anything without the pin number, they said. Then give me one, she said. But you have to prove who you are before we do that. How do I prove who I am, she said. Give us your pin number ...JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com