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$ff2|1-A review of my bank account.
$fdf by Kenco/Carnage
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When I went to Uni, I decided to keep my account with Natwest, but put
it into a StudentLine account. I remember the first time I went into
the Middlesbrough Cleveland Centre branch and I had a chat with a rather
nice looking woman who was really looking at me kinda strange! Er..
Anyway, I got a statement informing me my account had been changed over
to the StudentLine account. I had to go to the bank to pick up my
Switch/Bank card, with the PIN number in a sealed envelope thing.
Everything`s fine.
I had started an only just validated course at Uni, so my grant was
late, very late in getting through. I had to wait for my loan as well.
About a week after I moved in, I had the offer of buying a second hand
A1200. I had little cash in the bank and the guy wanted 200 chunks for
it. So I went to the bank and asked if I could have an overdraft for a
bit. It was cleared then and there and I withdrew 200 smackers to give
to the guy that day. No probs.
There was one time where I went in with a load of bags full of copper
coins and had to stand counting the bags out (they were all equal to a
quid each) and I could see the bank teller wasn`t impressed. That`s
been the only time. I just guess it was her time of the month or summat
:)
The only other "minor" cockup was when my card expired, so they sent me
a new one. If you look on a card, it`ll tell you what issue no. it is.
Funny thing is, the one that ran out was issue one. The new one sent
through the post was issue three, and I received issue two a few days
later. The two new ones I received had different PINs as well..so I
tried card no. 2. Didn`t work. I tried no.3 and seconds later I had a
crisp tenner in my hand.
I even forgot the PIN number, told the bank and they sent me a reminder
(in a sealed envelope thing) even though all I had to do was go home and
check.
Even extending and extending my overdraft - they didn`t bat an eyelid.
There was one time where I filled a form and I was living at home over
the summer break and I put the reason for the extension down to living
costs. Someone from the bank rang me up and asked "living costs?
aren`t you living at home at the moment?" and i answered, "Well, I had
to put something.." and he laughed and gave me the extension, which I
thought was great. They just didn`t seem to mind giving me money that
I`d spend on going out on the booze, computer gear or various other
guff.
Now I`m paying back the hoooooj overdraft I ran up. I could only go to
900 on the overdraft, which was fair enough. I think I managed to get
up to around 898 quid!!! Ah well, it`s down to about 450 at the moment,
with a limit of 550. My account (I guess) has been changed to the
Graduate account, as you have until the end of the year when you
graduate to pay back anything you owe, and then you start paying
interest if you don`t manage to. Not having a permanent source of
income is a severe bummer, and I think the bank realise this. The
interest is 9.5% apr at the moment, I think they are giving me as long
as I want to pay the rest off.
Anyway, I`d rate it as brilliant. The service I`ve received has been
ace so far. I just hope they don`t bugger it up after all this time.
-ende-