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So very cross, ranting to let of steam!!!!

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18 months ago I opened a Sainsbury's savings account in joint names to put away money for nice things (like cubes etc). I put in security details, accepted the term and conditions and my side of the account was up and running. I paid in regular amounts but because OH didn't accept terms and conditions I couldn't use the account online. :(

 

Weeks later OH had lost the log in details and had to ring to ask for them to be resent. However he failed their security questons as they asked how much was in the account which he didn't know as I am the only one who pays into it. They then asked for his passport as security evidence to ensure he was not money laundering . OH refused as he is a pilot and needs his passport for work. They then refused to issue his log in details!!! I wanted to close the account but was told that I am not allowed to until OH is registered and can only be done online!!!! :evil:

 

We then rang them and negotiated sending two new documents to prove who he was, not the passport. They wouldn't accept one of them as it only gave his initials, surname and address and had my details on too. So he then had to send yet another document. Finally after what is now months of negotiations they have accepted who he is and have issued him an online access code.

 

So last night he registered and accepted their terms and conditions. Great I thought . . log in, close the account and transfer the money to another account. Oh no!!! They have put a block on the account!!!!!!!! :twisted: I have spent 16 minutes on the phone and the girl has told me it's still blocked, no reason could be given, she'd have to pass it to her manager in the morning!!!! :twisted: I am soooo cross!!!

 

Incidently my ING account was dead easy to open. I just sent them a cheque from my curent account and it's set up and running and I can put money in and out! :D

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Oh good grief, what a nightmare. In a few months when you're all sorted and have closed the account you should re-read this because I am sure you will laugh. You couldn't make it up could you?! What a nightmare!

Hope you finally get it sorted - I hate banks. Apart from the fact that I've never got any money and they like to write and tell me what I already know and charge me for the privilege which then puts me in the red and enables them to apply charges to my account which is only overdrawn because they wrote to tell me I had no money :shock: on one of the rare occasions when I actually HAD some money in there, I had just been paid and went on a little spending spree after a period of inactivity on the account, you know, Sainsburys, petrol and the like, because I did it all on the day when I got paid, they put a STOP on my account as they were concerned it was being fraudulently used! Talk about Big Brother and jobsworths. :wall:

 

Hope you get it all sorted, they've got a bloomin' cheek, it's your money after all!

 

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Interest rates are so dire at the moment that we are lokking again at our various investments. The best investment which continues to perform has been a stamp potfolio we hold with stanley Gibbons. It has continued to perform well.

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Interest rates are so dire at the moment that we are lokking again at our various investments. The best investment which continues to perform has been a stamp potfolio we hold with stanley Gibbons. It has continued to perform well.

 

I know a little about the SG portfolios, they were offering a good guaranteed return on investments. Just don't be tempted to take your stamps and sell them at auction! If you've ever visited SG on the Strand it's a funny ol' place! :lol:

 

My online savings account is depressing. I haven't touched the money in there yet the interest earned monthly has fallen to about a fifth of what it was originally :(

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Don't get me started on Sainsburys! Every time i walk in there i could commit mass murder. A magnet for half-wits it seems. It's like Stepford wives. Totally oblivious to anyone else. And those idiots who block up the gang-way with their trollies - just give me a choice of Mace spray, Tazer or sawn off shot gun!! Shopping would take on a whole new meaning for me, and in fact, could be a pleasure! :) I hate the place. Just wish other contenders were nearer.

 

I had forty fits today. Went to buy a Mothers' day card in Sainsburys....... five pounds forty nine pence???!!!!! Having a laugh, surely? It makes me sick. Robbing bunch of thieves.

 

 

I feel better for that :) Thanks for lighting the touch paper :) x

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:);) Yes, the blood pressure had decreased considerably. However, forgot to add exocet missiles attached to the shopping trolley as another part of my "Ooops, word censored!"nal! Shopping is now starting to take on a whole new exciting meaning :) The thought of some ignorant person being chased by a heat seeking missile around the pic and Mix, thrills me to the core :) x

 

You ever seen that programme 'Grumpy old men' ??? I love it. I would quite willingly go on there and have a rant :) And Sainsburys would just be the start! I would be a household name and a national treasure overnight, with my words of wisdom :)

 

 

Oh yes, i forgot to add two starved Rottweilers. They would be good too. Some dithering old bag being held down by the throat at the frozen meat department would warm the cockles of my heart too :) x

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I had forty fits today. Went to buy a Mothers' day card in Sainsburys....... five pounds forty nine pence???!!!!! Having a laugh, surely? It makes me sick. Robbing bunch of thieves.

 

 

I feel better for that :) Thanks for lighting the touch paper :) x

 

I bought two Mothers day cards in Asda, nice and pretty, for 98p each :wink:

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Passports and money laundering? Don't get me started. I could do the whole Grumpy Old Women show by myself on that topic. Move over, Damien, here I come :lol:

As part of my job I have to ask all clients to produce their Original Passport for money laundering purposes. To put it in context, in my previous job I asked to see a man's Passport and he misunderstood my query. He answered that it would cost me £30. Seems he thought that I wanted to buy a passport not to see his!!! Ever since then, I've been a bit scepical about the whole identification producing stuff. Why having a Passport in a name is such a big deal, I will never know. It only costs a few pounds to get a change of name deed off the internet. Send this off to the passport office with your old Passport, and hey, a new Passport in your new name. Easy peasy :roll:

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I would love to hear you having a good old rant on 'Grumpy old Women' Rosie :) Fabulous. I love that Germaine Greer. My type of woman.

 

My partner hates shopping with me, in fact he now refuses. He reckon i'm like the old bag Julie Walters play in this sketch :) x

 

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I love Julie Walters, especially some of the earlier footage - a priceless gem.

 

Anyone remember Educating Rita?

 

I have the dvd and watch it every now and again. Great film. Watched Billy Elliot the other day again and she reminds me of Mrs Overall a bit in that. She's a bit stooped shouldered in it.

 

She is a good actress though. The fact that she can do comedy so well but also straight acting ie Short Stay in Switzerland.

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I do...in that exact shade. :D

 

How fabulous :) go on, put a pic on here with your beret, Eglutine. I'm going to get one. It could be the sign of us grumpy old men and women :) It will be next years hot fashion statement for us grumpies :)

 

Mind you, i'm too worn out to rant, or worry about fashion at the moment. Been on a 'breakaway' course today where we are taught self defence techniques against wrist graps, hair pulls, bear hugs, strangle holds etc. At my age!! I keep telling them, i'm too old to be rolling around the floor fighting with people :) I worn out! I feel like this poor ol gal:)

 

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