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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon
switch to the www.nationwide.co.uk - they are the ones fighting the rip offs that the banks are forever trying to inflict on the consumer - it was them that stood up to barclays 4 years ago when Barclays tried to impose charges without approval of link. |
Amen to that! I did just that about 3 years ago. Haven't looked back.
As for the charging in malls and stuff. What's happening is that Banks (who've realised that the public will NOT accept £1.50 per withdrawal no matter what fancy spin the put on it) have stopped to put in new cash machines (and have started to remove some), especially in rural locations.
This niche has now been filled by private companies who can charge and people accept it because its 'not a bank' doing it. If I have to make a withdrawal from one of these machines, I make sure that I take out £50+ so that the extra £1.50 doesn't seem too bad.
BTW did any one else ever see the leaflet that Barclays produced just after the backed down over charging link customers. It was absolutely hilarious! "We felt that it was a good idea not to charge our customers" Really ? so all the articles in the papers about how you felt that everyone should pay for the privilege of using your machines (because you had more than anyone else) we false then ?
