Nationwide £50 "No-Hassle" - Unfair?

silly_old_bat

cheggers wrote:

Tell them if you don't get everything sorted and if you don't get the £50 you will close the account.

If you don't get the £50 open a First Direct account they will give you £50 just for opening the account.

Hi cheggers

Can you tell me the requirements for getting the £50 please? I saw something about it, got OH to open an account with them and now can't find the original article with the details!!! (my excuse is 'old age' lack of memory!) Meanwhile, we have a First Direct account which he didn't really want and I can't tell him what to do next. Help!

cheggers

silly_old_bat wrote:

Hi cheggers

Can you tell me the requirements for getting the £50 please? I saw something about it, got OH to open an account with them and now can't find the original article with the details!!! (my excuse is 'old age' lack of memory!) Meanwhile, we have a First Direct account which he didn't really want and I can't tell him what to do next. Help!

There are massive advertisement boards in Nationwide branches saying £50 if you open a Nationwide current account and encounter problems transfering.

stuartm

There are also leaflet in branches which you can pick up....

silly_old_bat

cheggers wrote:

There are massive advertisement boards in Nationwide branches saying £50 if you open a Nationwide current account and encounter problems transfering.

Originally Posted by cheggers
Tell them if you don't get everything sorted and if you don't get the £50 you will close the account.

If you don't get the £50 open a First Direct account they will give you £50 just for opening the account.


Now I am confused. Did I misunderstand your reply to stuartm? I thought you were saying that First Direct would give you £50 just for opening an account.

cheggers

I was in the Nationwide at lunch time the advert says switch current account to nationwide hassle free or we will give you £50.00.

You surely have grounds for the £50, write a complaint letter and you'll have the £50 in no time.

stuartm

Nationwide - result!

I wrote to Nationwide as some people on this forum suggested and posted the letter on Monday. On Friday I received a lengthly reply, which said that they were sorry for the hassle I'd had and had credited my account with £50 as per their promotion.

The letter went in to detail about my experiences, so someone had obviously taken the time to investigate properly and then reply very quickly to my letter.

Most impressed!

Paul_Varjak

Good to get a satisfactory result!

Maybe, when I transferred to the Nationwide, I should have allowed them to transfer my DDs and SOs but I did it all myself! I would have got £50 for their mistakes but nothing for my own!

cheggers

stuartm wrote:

Nationwide - result!

I wrote to Nationwide as some people on this forum suggested and posted the letter on Monday. On Friday I received a lengthly reply, which said that they were sorry for the hassle I'd had and had credited my account with £50 as per their promotion.

The letter went in to detail about my experiences, so someone had obviously taken the time to investigate properly and then reply very quickly to my letter.

Most impressed!

Now you have the £50, I close the account and go somewhere else. Smile are pretty good by all accounts.

stuartm

Other than this recent hassle, I'm quite happy with NW. Not the top interest payer, but better than First Direct (my old bank) and the service is generally good.

The Flexaccount also allows cheap foreign currency (e.g. Euros) from cashpoints abroad (no loading) and their Visa card offer a similar 'no loading' rate. The Euro rate on both has been cheaper recently than Travelex's best online rate, which I previously found to be the best.