Screwdriver wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:00 pm
Ignore the crappy channel and terrible interview, it is her words I find quite chilling. The casual way she was simply cut off from her money. With three kids. In London. What crime did she commit?
I'm pretty sure I'm not one of the 5 million people on the list she refers to but my experience matches hers quite well, even down to the bank not giving me my money (I too told them that a cheque was no use to me).
But of course, it's no big deal, the banks are businesses so can refuse to do business with you, there's no smoke without fire, yada, yada, yada.
It was also the case with my closure that another company (although one wholly owned by Santanfuckingder) actually carried out the closure - the bank sort of washed their hands of the whole affair but pretty much had to get involved and do some proper investigation when I started emailing the CEO to demand my money. I even told them on one occassion that I would be going into a particular branch in the UK at a particular date and time and they could give me money in cash, there and then. I went. They didn't give me my money.
However, I know that my situation was caused by incompetence, the lack of any investigation and an inability to communicate properly in the 21st century when there are lots of simple, effective and free ways of doing so.
One thing's for sure, if/when it happens to any of you lot on here, I suggest you don't tell anyone because it'll simply be reasonable for your bank to do it.
