And I'm gonna moan too!
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All set for a weekend of fun and alcohol at the Bunich Meerfest and I went into a wonderful travel agents this aft to get some cash, a measly £300 in euros.
Handed over my credit card and asked for £00 in euros, and got politely told that unless I had my passport, drivers licence, birth certificate, mother, mothers mother and the bin man to prove who I was then there was no way I was going to be given any money!
I hate this fucking country. And I can safely bet that when I get to the airport tomorro morning I'll get the cash, no bother at all.
Thats one travel agent I will NEVER use again.
Fucking beaurocracy gone mad. I could walk in and buy a car off a garage with the credit card and no questions asked, all I wanted was some effing beer money!
Handed over my credit card and asked for £00 in euros, and got politely told that unless I had my passport, drivers licence, birth certificate, mother, mothers mother and the bin man to prove who I was then there was no way I was going to be given any money!
I hate this fucking country. And I can safely bet that when I get to the airport tomorro morning I'll get the cash, no bother at all.
Thats one travel agent I will NEVER use again.
Fucking beaurocracy gone mad. I could walk in and buy a car off a garage with the credit card and no questions asked, all I wanted was some effing beer money!
The last time I had to do that, as there was little option, they said the same thing - I just went to the nearest ATM, got the cash out, went back and bought the €'s with cold hard cash. No questions, no ID, same rate, didn't cost me anything at all
But I have to say, doing it that way rather than on the plastic, it just didn't feel right...!
My god, perhaps i've been... Modernised?!
But I have to say, doing it that way rather than on the plastic, it just didn't feel right...!
My god, perhaps i've been... Modernised?!
It was the same girl when I returned less than five minutes later and she just smiled.I know what you mean. The anti-laundering laws are a complete farce and the days of being inconspicuous with your funds are over.
I recently dumped a sizeable amount (sale of car) into the Halifux because I wanted an account for use with internet transactions - the card they gave me was a Visa Electron (didn't want a credit card and never will). The card is next to useless and my existing Switch was useable everywhere.
On finding out that it was no good I asked them for a Switch and they said it would take at least a week to issue it, so I decided to transfer a lump sum paid by cash from their acount and to pay it into another bank account where the cash would clear and I could use it same day. Could I do that? No. The 'anti-laundering act' or whatever prevents me from transferring more than £2000 in one go without the building society notifying both the Inland Revenue and the police
So I was reliably informed by staff at the Halifux.
So I asked to close the account and get payment in cash - sorry can't do that either, but they could give me a cheque there and then and sit on the interest for another four days
They also have a withdrawal limit per day of £1200 
Pathetic, its my money and I just wanted it out. I went home and using the online banking created another 6 Websaver accounts which I transfered £1200 into each immediately from my main account. Then in the morning I strolled into the local branch and promptly closed all 6 savings accounts, being paid £1200 in cash for each 
I think I cleared them out from the tills and they were not happy 
The days of being ambiguous are over. Big brother wants to know everything now and thanks to computer technology it can log all those details limitlessly.
And they wonder why cash will never become extinct :scracthchin:
I recently dumped a sizeable amount (sale of car) into the Halifux because I wanted an account for use with internet transactions - the card they gave me was a Visa Electron (didn't want a credit card and never will). The card is next to useless and my existing Switch was useable everywhere.
On finding out that it was no good I asked them for a Switch and they said it would take at least a week to issue it, so I decided to transfer a lump sum paid by cash from their acount and to pay it into another bank account where the cash would clear and I could use it same day. Could I do that? No. The 'anti-laundering act' or whatever prevents me from transferring more than £2000 in one go without the building society notifying both the Inland Revenue and the police
So I was reliably informed by staff at the Halifux. So I asked to close the account and get payment in cash - sorry can't do that either, but they could give me a cheque there and then and sit on the interest for another four days
They also have a withdrawal limit per day of £1200 Pathetic, its my money and I just wanted it out. I went home and using the online banking created another 6 Websaver accounts which I transfered £1200 into each immediately from my main account. Then in the morning I strolled into the local branch and promptly closed all 6 savings accounts, being paid £1200 in cash for each I think I cleared them out from the tills and they were not happy The days of being ambiguous are over. Big brother wants to know everything now and thanks to computer technology it can log all those details limitlessly.
And they wonder why cash will never become extinct :scracthchin:
ultimasimon said:
Could I do that? No. The 'anti-laundering act' or whatever prevents me from transferring more than £2000 in one go without the building society notifying both the Inland Revenue and the police
Balls. At least, EU money-laundering law requires transfers of over EUR 15,000 to be notified. Halifax may have had their own policy in place, which would be a different matter.
I've transferred GBP50,000, then two lots of £5,000, to Canada in the last 18 months, and £12,000 to Spain. At no time was this subject to a delay.
Barclays also restricts online stuff to 2grand a day right now.
PITA, although the foreign exchange stuff is interesting a few years back we had a spate of thefts at work and when they got a credit card the easiest way of getting cash was to get foreign currency and then change it back else where.
PITA, although the foreign exchange stuff is interesting a few years back we had a spate of thefts at work and when they got a credit card the easiest way of getting cash was to get foreign currency and then change it back else where.
whoozit said:
Could I do that? No. The 'anti-laundering act' or whatever prevents me from transferring more than £2000 in one go without the building society notifying both the Inland Revenue and the police
Balls. At least, EU money-laundering law requires transfers of over EUR 15,000 to be notified. Halifax may have had their own policy in place, which would be a different matter.
I've transferred GBP50,000, then two lots of £5,000, to Canada in the last 18 months, and £12,000 to Spain. At no time was this subject to a delay.
I posted a similar thread about Nationwide doing this to me, so maybe it's a building society/ ex building society thing?
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