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Wed 27/04/05 at 22:47
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"SOUP!"
Posts: 13,017
So I managed to get £13 overdrawn with my bank account that mysteriously has no overdraft.

Abbey national and anything remotely associated with it should be burned by angry gypsies. They're making me pay back interest because their stupid lack of ability to make a little message saying "you do not have enough cash in your account to draw this money out". I did not sign up for an account with an overdraft, In fact I specifically signed up for one without an overdraft, a 16-18 year olds current account. So now I have to go to my bank tomorrow, a trek in itself, just to pay them back, plus extra, which they shouldn't have let me draw out in the first place.

Blind paraplegic monkeys with head-colds could do a better job.
Wed 27/04/05 at 22:47
Regular
"SOUP!"
Posts: 13,017
So I managed to get £13 overdrawn with my bank account that mysteriously has no overdraft.

Abbey national and anything remotely associated with it should be burned by angry gypsies. They're making me pay back interest because their stupid lack of ability to make a little message saying "you do not have enough cash in your account to draw this money out". I did not sign up for an account with an overdraft, In fact I specifically signed up for one without an overdraft, a 16-18 year olds current account. So now I have to go to my bank tomorrow, a trek in itself, just to pay them back, plus extra, which they shouldn't have let me draw out in the first place.

Blind paraplegic monkeys with head-colds could do a better job.
Wed 27/04/05 at 23:13
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"Sal Paradise"
Posts: 708
I'm with Abbey. They gave me a pink bank card. I like it... it makes me feel open minded.
Thu 28/04/05 at 01:23
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Posts: 8,220
Complain to them before you pay anything back, point out the fact that you signed up for a no-overdraft account, and ask them whether they believe their actions to comply with the Banking Code.

The Banking Code is a voluntary set of standards of conduct which most banks choose to sign up to. (Self regulation keeps the government off their backs).
Not sure whether their actions would contravene the banking code, or whether they actually are signed up to it. But it's a good idea to ask. Will suggest to them that you mean business and know what you're talking about, so they should take your complaint seriously.
Thu 28/04/05 at 07:08
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Posts: 14,437
HSBC only charge you if you go over £20. I think. I haven't ever been charged for sneaking over a few quid, my girlfriend went £50 over by accident (drew too much money out by mistake) and got charged. She has also been something like £18 over but didn't get charged.

They'll usually refund you any charges if you complain in writing.
Thu 28/04/05 at 09:24
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"Bad Wolf; England"
Posts: 920
Natwest charged me for 60 quid, although i DIDN't spend it on anything!

Banks are pointless.
Thu 28/04/05 at 09:30
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"long time"
Posts: 3,121
I used a Natwest cash point last year , tried to take out £100 , not only did it not give me the money but the bank said it had been taken !

After 4 months of messing about and making phone calls , i told them i would be ringing the police as they had stolen my money 2 days later it was back in my account :)
Thu 28/04/05 at 11:44
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"Previously Vampyr"
Posts: 4,618
nice one honey
Thu 28/04/05 at 13:50
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"SOUP!"
Posts: 13,017
Apparently when I turned 18 my account automatically became a regulat adult Abbey account which gives me a £50 overdraft so I didnt have to pay any fees on it. Bloody stupid though. Grr.
Thu 28/04/05 at 14:34
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"Excommunicated"
Posts: 23,284
You shouldn't be poor then.
You damn pleb
Thu 28/04/05 at 14:37
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"SOUP!"
Posts: 13,017
Shut up you filthy drunk.

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