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  • February 2, 2008 at 9:02 pm #34281
    euro
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    Am looking to change who i bank with and could do with some ideas on who to change to as i have had enough of the Abbey after whats all happened in the last 4 – 5 weeks with them

    Thanks

    Andy

    February 2, 2008 at 9:48 pm #241980
    Simon46
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    Re: Business Banking

    Barclays have just sent me an info sheet on their new inflated prices so dont go there 👿

    S.

    February 2, 2008 at 10:05 pm #241981
    alfie
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    Re: Business Banking

    Been with first direct ( for my buisness ) internet banking for years. No charges. No catches, brilliant, highly recommend them.

    February 3, 2008 at 8:36 am #241982
    Martin
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    Re: Business Banking

    Have a good read of this link (Page 2 onwards)……… I switched to Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank 18 months or so ago….they actually pay me! (with no bank charges either) 😉

    See this thread

    February 3, 2008 at 6:43 pm #241983
    euro
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    Was thinking of A&L Martin, they couldnt be any worse than the the Abbey. I bank the odd cheque or 2 a month but its mostly paid in by bacs from the people i work for. My advice to anyone after whats happened to me is watch the Abbey, they went and put a fraid indicator on the account as someone had been trying to take money out but they never bothered to tell me, its only when i got letters through from companies that i set up DD did i know anything was wrong. I got a pathetic letter from Abbey saying it wasnt there policy to do this so how the f??k are you meant to know theres a problem with your account.

    Andy

    February 3, 2008 at 7:35 pm #241984
    geoff1
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    Re: Business Banking

    Dont go with the Royal Bank of Scotland either. I am also in the process of changing to the A+L. Total free banking for 2 years and then transfered onto a basic free banking account. Internet access as well plus you can use a post office to pay in. Great for me as the post office is next door 😀

    Geoff

    February 3, 2008 at 8:32 pm #241985
    goosegreen
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    Switched to A & L a year ago and no probs so far, Earn a bit of interest on the tax’s mans account, Only gripe is if you pay cheques in on a Monday as I do, Sometimes they won’t clear until the following Tuesday.

    February 3, 2008 at 10:48 pm #241986
    bazza500
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    Re: Business Banking

    geoff1 wrote:Dont go with the Royal Bank of Scotland either.
    Geoff

    Everyone has different views with every bank.

    I have been with Royal Bank of Scotland for over 12 years now and I can say they are brilliant. I can phone their branch and speak to the business manager. No call centres. No bull, no nothing.

    It is what they say in their advert, You phone and speak to the local branch. NO CALL CENTRES.


    My personal opinion ( and it is only my opinion) is that if you can speak to the same person everytime you call then they have a better idea of your business and if they are local then all the better.

    For all it is worth, people who struggle with their bank are usually people who are not sticking by the rulres.


    I would recommend the Royal Bank of Scotland to anyone.

    (and hopefully if they read this I will get discount on my overdraft)

    February 5, 2008 at 10:20 am #241987
    smeghead
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    been with abbey 3 years now , no problems so far. no charges , they pay me !!
    used to bank with lloyds- expensive.
    have i missed something, what do you mean the last 3/4 weeks /problems??.

    February 15, 2008 at 9:54 pm #241988
    deltra
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    co-op bank, completely free,and i can pay in at my local post office, no more looking for parking places in the town centre 😆

    February 15, 2008 at 10:58 pm #241989
    rolf
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    I agree euro Abbey are the worst bank out there changed my account 6 months ago.Thought I would try abbey so i set the account up and closed it after one week very poor comunication skills.Went to A&L great banking but it is £100 to set up a overdraft a little high but worth it.

    February 16, 2008 at 12:23 am #241990
    euro
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    Hi rolf,

    Yes your right about poor communication from them, it took 3 phone calls to find out what the problem was with my account, the first two i spoke to said everything was fine but the third one told me what had happened. Surely when something has happened as serious as what did they should inform you but thats the abbey, watchdog had a few things to say about them earlier on in the week

    Thanks

    Andy

    February 16, 2008 at 9:15 am #241991
    expertcat
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    Im with Abbey must admit when I opened the account there was a few issues but they got sorted fairly quickly been with them a year now and no problems.

    Well only 1 problem when I order the prepaid envelopes for chq clearing centre in London always get bradford.So I end up ringing them o their call back service and its then sorted.

    February 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm #241992
    petalpop
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    Re: Business Banking

    i get the ones for bradford
    but the money is still in the account 4 days later so just use them
    and i am in essex

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