Halifax must be the worst bank ever...

[the_leander]

I must admit that Banks have always irritated me beyond belief. It doesn't matter how much they say they're offering the customer a better deal, we do tend to get some seriously nasty crap over here.

I was talking to a sweed a few weeks ago and I asked him how long it took his bank to complete an electronic transfer, he told me half a day, I almost dropped my cuppa at that... Insane stuff.

And yes, I do feel that we in the UK are being royally raped by these buggers.

[the_leander]

iamaboringperson wrote:

that_punk_guy wrote:

iamaboringperson wrote:
Perhaps UK banks know they can do what ever they please, since UK residents are mostly suckers.

No, this is quite clearly the result of capitalist exploitation.

:-D Of course it is! It's never the fault of stupid consumers!

Its not a case of being suckers or anything else, its a case of there being no impitus on the part of the banks to improve, I mean, where else would you go to except another bank with equally {bleep}ty service. Its not just one or two banks, its all of em!

The government feels that "self regulation" is the best thing for the consumer, which in reality that all the big bosses go to one meeting each year and share their rape statistics. The problem is that until the government (because we are meer consumers) gives them a firm kicking, they will continue on as they are.

[the_leander]

The UK tends to get a bad deal from companies in a lot of things (Petrol, cars, banking, internet, all electrical goods... the list goes on), perhaps as you say because we're suckers, perhaps because of blatantly lax regulation (thats been in place in many cases for decades) perhaps because of a lack of alternative.

Building societies tend to be every bit as bad as banks in the customer satisfaction stakes over here. Like I said, without teath, regulators are worthless, and without any real competition (because as I said, they simply match each other) they simply will not change.

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