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superbiatch · 05-12-2007, 08:10

Having had my card cloned 3 times in the past, I decided i'd look into transferring my account to another bank.

Around the same time i was also purchasing my apartment and sorting out a loan. The loan was granted by Halifax and I was persuaded to open a bank account with them there and then "to get the money paid in straight away" was what I was told by the assistant, although I think it was commission based as she was rather pushy. This was last March. I told her as I was in the process of purchasing a property, changing banks at this time might confuse matters. She said that was fine, and all the benefits would be available to me when i decided to switch.

In June I decided to start the ball rolling with transferring all my direct debits and wages etc and it took until September to get it all sorted out. I was told it would take 3 credits over Ã‚Â£1000 before I would receive my switching fee of Ã‚Â£100. As my wages at the end of November would have been the third credit, I contacted them last night to be told my bank account was opened before the switching fee was available. I've been told to speak to the branch i dealt with directly.

Any advice guys and girls? I know its only Ã‚Â£100, but its been quite stressful at times when direct debits haven't been paid etc so its the least they can do!

05-12-2007, 08:10	#1
superbiatch Inactive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Age: 48 Services: Sky+, Sky Broadband and Talk Posts: 3,819	Transferring banks - advice needed Having had my card cloned 3 times in the past, I decided i'd look into transferring my account to another bank. Around the same time i was also purchasing my apartment and sorting out a loan. The loan was granted by Halifax and I was persuaded to open a bank account with them there and then "to get the money paid in straight away" was what I was told by the assistant, although I think it was commission based as she was rather pushy. This was last March. I told her as I was in the process of purchasing a property, changing banks at this time might confuse matters. She said that was fine, and all the benefits would be available to me when i decided to switch. In June I decided to start the ball rolling with transferring all my direct debits and wages etc and it took until September to get it all sorted out. I was told it would take 3 credits over Ã‚Â£1000 before I would receive my switching fee of Ã‚Â£100. As my wages at the end of November would have been the third credit, I contacted them last night to be told my bank account was opened before the switching fee was available. I've been told to speak to the branch i dealt with directly. Any advice guys and girls? I know its only Ã‚Â£100, but its been quite stressful at times when direct debits haven't been paid etc so its the least they can do!