MSE News: Bank charges result at 9.45am Wednesday

mramra

aligerdie wrote: »

I know I know, clearly I can't manage my finances - well done you for pointing that out. :rolleyes:

I obviously should have been able to manage better when my ex partner left me and didn't pay anything towards our joint mortgage, bills, or his 3 week old daughter while I was on maternity leave, and for a long time after.

I should have been able to *magic* that extra £700 a month into my account.

How irresponsible of me to try and stay afloat :rolleyes:.

Like I said - you don't know people's circumstances.

Not wishing to sound unsympathetic, but, how is any of that the bank's fault?

The_Hallowed_Way

Matt16v wrote: »

Yes, your response won't interest anyone or be anything worth reading. Anyway, safe to say the answer is no. There you go, i've saved you the bother of even having to reply, feel free to click the thanks button.

Bullseye....

orc_2

The Lawyer.com-

OFT bank charges investigation derailed by Supreme Court ruling:

"The Office of Fair Trading loses two-year fight to investigate overdraft charges by high street banks


The Office of Fair Trading suffered a major blow in the Supreme Court this morning when the country’s most senior judges ruled that the regulator could not investigate the fairness of overdraft charges for unauthorised bank charges."

http://www.thelawyer.com/oft-bank-charges-investigation-derailed-by-supreme-court-ruling/1002739.article

aligerdie

mramra wrote: »

Not wishing to sound unsympathetic, but, how is any of that the bank's fault?

Sadly the £200 per month charge cycle imposed by the bank was difficult to break free from - but I suppose that would have been down to my inability to manage my finances. :rolleyes:

Despite asking for help and explaining my situation, it fell on deaf ears.

dsypml

jamespir wrote: »

i think calling somone a !!!!!! or a !!!!!! is abuse

Proof or it never happened. You reported him after the 2nd post of his new account.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.html?searchid=70547413

The exclamation marks in one post are probably something injected by the forum software to cover up some letters which sound like a swear word in a word which rhymes with "reckless," one which Father Ted would use. I'll have a go here to see if it works: !!!!less.

Are you going to report Matt16v for calling someone a Retard? I notice you thanked him for that post, presumably your finger slipped when you were going for the Report button.

jamespir

dsypml wrote: »

Proof or it never happened. You reported him after the 2nd post of his new account.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.html?searchid=70547413

The exclamation marks in one post are probably something injected by the forum software to cover up some letters which sound like a swear word in a word which rhymes with "reckless," one which Father Ted would use. I'll have a go here to see if it works: !!!!less.

Are you going to report Matt16v for calling someone a Retard? I notice you thanked him for that post, presumably your finger slipped when you were going for the Report button.

he called people !!!!!! he just disguised it using the hash key

Insomniac666

I can see the point of view of the people who are posting comments along the lines of "it's all your fault" "should have handled money better" "why should the bank bail us out".... but c'mon the billions of public money that the banks taken in charges and then the billions in hand-outs from the government , 3 words for the bank and the supporters of these charges - Pot, Kettle, Black...

it was getting obvious it wouldn't go in the favour of OFT how on earth would the government get any money back from them if they've got to pass it back to the public.

Rich get richer, poor die trying!

dsypml

jamespir wrote: »

he called people !!!!!! he just disguised it using the hash key

Link to the post or you're a liar.

What about calling people retards? Is it Ok when you agree with the gist of their post but not when they disagree with you? Will you report Matt16v?

dsypml

Insomniac666 wrote: »

I can see the point of view of the people who are posting comments along the lines of "it's all your fault" "should have handled money better" "why should the bank bail us out".... but c'mon the billions of public money that the banks taken in charges and then the billions in hand-outs from the government , 3 words for the bank and the supporters of these charges - Pot, Kettle, Black...

2 wrongs don't make a right. If you want to hit back at the banking system, buy gold.

Matt16v

Hmm, maybe i should re-word my post in places! Apologies.