Barclays cash ISA

cheers mate. to be honest, i am so sick of the whole thing, i might just leave my money in the savings account. i am a non-taxer at the mo anyway. i only wanted to open the ISA cos trying to sell my BTL property (ha, ha, ha) and so will be looking to put some of the proceeds (if I ever get any by time it sells) in another ISA for 08/09. They advertise instant access but like you say, not so instant! Can't they just pay it straight into your account?

Why is this country so useless at customer service? We're supposed to be a nation of binge drinkers but no one seems to be able to organise a p**s up in a brewery. Have you tried 'Say no to 0870' for alternative numbers for Barclays or tell them to ring you. Sometimes i ring the 0800 numbers and ask to be put through or sometimes they just say 'i'll put you through'. Or some websites have a ring back request.

Hope they finally get your name spelt right. What is it? Smith? (wouldn't surprise me!!)

hope you get it sorted. think i won't bother with the ISA now because i will soon be paying 2 mortgages and may need to get my hands on the cash quickly. a months wait is not acceptable! i know it may not be like that for me, but you still need to be able to trust yo can get your cash in a hurry.

reckon, you be better putting the money under your mattress, like the good ol' days.

Good luck.

chr_is wrote: »

Fair point, had forgotten that.

Though don't quite like the way you said it. Actually thought people were ganging up on you for no reason in previous posts, but now can understand why people weren't being so nice.

Lets face the reality a lot of forum posters wouldnt get on in real life, being a Leeds fan i agree with the motto "nobody likes us who cares" so im not in the slightest way bothered what anybody on here thinks of me, after all most of us have never met and never will.

All I did was answer your question as u quoted my response, as uve previously posted that u work for Abbey I expressed suprise that u appeared to lack what should be for a "professional" like yourself basic awareness.

i.e Its "obvious" that if ISA accounts actually had to be actually opened by the end of the tax year then providers wouldnt be allowing people to submit applications right up to the last day in the tax year.

Your statements re the way Barclays deals with its ISA applications was breathtakingly infactual, im amazed how some people think they can just post anything which in some cases misleads some people who assume that people are posting facts.

Perhaps u are speaking for "Abbeys" internal post being unreliable. :rolleyes: "Internal post" is not usually like "normal post" as large organisations normally use a courier service ( or had u "forgotten" that as well ), such post is only unreliable if the staff are unreliable.

Again here u was quoting another poster who was entirely correct, with what was a totally infactual response, so u firstly posted that infactual response and then u questioned my subsequent response.

It is true I was expecting u to question my subsequent response. ( which u did)

Even if post did get lost in between a Branch and Head office, most Branches log what they send to their head office which is precisely what Barclays branches are doing. ( or had you "forgotten" that as well :rolleyes2 )

Is there actually a nice way of telling somebody that they are wrong, I have seen some people post back with "thats rubbish", I could have posted back "thats rubbish" because it was a "rubbish" response. :rolleyes2


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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scousebird
Barclays have a dedicated Savings department that deals with, and opens ISA's (how do you think they get processed when customers apply online)-



"Yes I know that but I'm talking this week, its wednesday today, it wouldnt get up to head office and opened by saturday, it's too late now. Internal post is like normal post, it can be late/never arrives. "

chr_is wrote: »

Again....... had no problem with what you said, just the way you said it. And if you look again at my post in page 1 I did add could be wrong.

If people ensured that what they were posting in a "savings and investments" forum was factually correct where facts are known especially when more than one poster had already posted factual answers then such problems wouldnt arise.

I didnt like the way i had to explain myself by being part quoted with a question, I always make sure of the facts before i post. ( where facts are known/available)

This is why MSE Martin doesnt want to have a seperate Investments sub forum, some people would be posting rubbish in there as well. :cheesy:

Now if u want the last word, u can have it. :rolleyes2

Still no cheque!... Yet more promises of it being issued within "48 working hours". Of course I don't believe them but don't see what else I can do. Well a few ideas spring to mind, none of them legal and none I suspect would get me my money any faster. Does anyone know who the relevant body for me to complain to is? I've looked at the FSA website but it doesn't really seem relevant.