Since when did banks stop giving change?
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So my Mrs. gets a tenner out of the Santander cash-point and needed change for some reason, so she goes in and asks for change.
Bloke at the till asks if she has an account with them, she says no, then he says "Sorry we can't change it for you if you don't have an account".
But it's just come from your machine she says. "No, sorry, but there's a NatWest down the road".
WTF?
Happy New Year, Santander tosser!
Bloke at the till asks if she has an account with them, she says no, then he says "Sorry we can't change it for you if you don't have an account".
But it's just come from your machine she says. "No, sorry, but there's a NatWest down the road".
WTF?
Happy New Year, Santander tosser!
Edited by vixen1700 on Friday 30th December 14:19
Cupramax said:
Pretty standard I would think, you dont bank with them so why should they provide you with change? Barclays are the same.
Really? I remember going into a Barclays recently for some car-park change and wasn't interrogated about where I banked. Anyway change was given at NatWest without any problems or questions.
sherbert90 said:
Soovy said:
See, this is the thing. Banks in the UK provide free banking to the public, and so they think they are entitled to it as of right.
Pretty much everywhere else in the world you PAY for the privilege of a bank account!
Pretty much everywhere else in the world you PAY for the privilege of a bank account!
Not being controvertial, just curious.
speedchick said:
Even if you bank with Santander, you still have trouble getting change from them, they really seem to struggle to come up with a bag of £1 coins.
Also, if you want to take them some change, it has to be paid into an account there, and they will only take 3 bags at a time.
We bank with HSBC and often do the bank run. £500 of change is very heavy. Also, if you want to take them some change, it has to be paid into an account there, and they will only take 3 bags at a time.
Consider yourself lucky. The archaic banking system in the US:
- If you use a cashpoint of any bank other than your own you get charged a fee.
- You pay a monthly fee to maintain a bank account.
- You have to pay for a checkbook (sic) to be issued. Checks are commonplace in the US, you write a lot of them.
- You can't set up direct debits, or do online transfers to a third party. The concept simply doesn't exist. So for example I have to write a rent check to my landlord every month.
Give me the UK banking system any day of the week.
- If you use a cashpoint of any bank other than your own you get charged a fee.
- You pay a monthly fee to maintain a bank account.
- You have to pay for a checkbook (sic) to be issued. Checks are commonplace in the US, you write a lot of them.
- You can't set up direct debits, or do online transfers to a third party. The concept simply doesn't exist. So for example I have to write a rent check to my landlord every month.
Give me the UK banking system any day of the week.
chrisxr2 said:
Or capable of spelling correctly (Sorry)
No need to apologise, I deserved it wiliferus said:
I agree having banked in several countries, but do the other countries get charged so highly for other services such as overdrafts, returned fees etc.
Not being controvertial, just curious.
Not being controvertial, just curious.
EK993 said:
- If you use a cashpoint of any bank other than your own you get charged a fee.
- You pay a monthly fee to maintain a bank account.
- You have to pay for a checkbook (sic) to be issued. Checks are commonplace in the US, you write a lot of them.
We have that too. The difference is the overdrawn people pay for those in credit..- You pay a monthly fee to maintain a bank account.
- You have to pay for a checkbook (sic) to be issued. Checks are commonplace in the US, you write a lot of them.
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