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HSBC "lost" my money
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brranger
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Ok asked Hsbc to open account with £501 off debit card they have taken that amount from my current account but only credited my online saver with £500. They "lost" a pound.
Hit help given a 0845 number to ring, dulley ring put on hold for 10min then told can only deal with Acc online though notes and to contact them that way. anyway about to write note any suggestions?
Ranger
Hit help given a 0845 number to ring, dulley ring put on hold for 10min then told can only deal with Acc online though notes and to contact them that way. anyway about to write note any suggestions?
Ranger
Thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel....Then got hit by a train! :A
Lightbulb Feb 2006
Debt free Nov 2011
Lightbulb Feb 2006

Debt free Nov 2011
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brranger wrote:anyway about to write note any suggestions?
Other than to say this ....asked Hsbc to open account with £501 off debit card they have taken that amount from my current account but only credited my online saver with £500. They "lost" a pound.
.......... no, not really.If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !0 -
I think you may find in the small print that they charge 2% handling fee?"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:0 -
you could have easily used more than £1 on those 0845 calls.0
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I asked for a refund on the calls alsoThought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel....Then got hit by a train! :A
Lightbulb Feb 2006
Debt free Nov 20110 -
They gave me a fiver. Well chuffed, well about £3.30 after call and my original £1 they lost.Thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel....Then got hit by a train! :A
Lightbulb Feb 2006
Debt free Nov 20110 -
Not a bad rate of interest then? But you had to work for it !;)If you want to test the depth of the water .........don't use both feet !0
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yeah money for now't and only opened the Acc to get the bankholiday £20 offer, so just wait for that at end of june not bad interest for 6 weeks. plus the balance was borrowed at 0% so its not even mine...Thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel....Then got hit by a train! :A
Lightbulb Feb 2006
Debt free Nov 20110
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