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I'm mad now

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  • dalip
    dalip Posts: 7,045 Forumite
    MicheH wrote: »
    I am right now writing my very first letter of complaint having read your responses. This is a brave thing to do because I hate fallout,upset and bad feeling but i am annoyed. I got to thinking that maybe this is what the bankruptcy section told the assisstant while I was on hold but the assisstant should have an ounce of customer training wriggle those words round a little so I wouldn't feel so offended.


    Way to go mich......well done for being pro-active. Make sure you are polite and unoffensive,no point in lowering yourself to their standards;)
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  • eklynne
    eklynne Posts: 2,396 Forumite
    Also, try your local Credit Union. Ours has a savings account for kids :)
    Good luck with the complaint letter writing, trust me, it becomes addictive once you get your wings ;)
    Come ride with me, through the veins of history...
    I'll show you how God falls asleep on the job.
    ~Matthew Bellamy.
  • Barclays offered to open a savings account for me!! As i was explaining i get eg £15 for car tax, £40 for clothes............ , the man said ' why not open a savings account, if you put more than £20 a month in you get our better % rate, it'll help when you have to tax your car etc'

    so i now have £50 a month going by standing order to my savings account
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