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Abbey: No Counter Service <£30!

wishface
wishface Posts: 1,884 Forumite
in Budgeting & bank accounts
Which is to say that since, IIRC, this past monday, I can no longer withdraw amounts less than £30 at the till. Apparently this is The Abbey's way of dealing with huge queues (as opposed to hiring more staff or something). As someone with not much money in the bank who withdraws smaller amounts, this really doesn't help. Surely this can't be legal - stopping people getting access to their money!
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  • 97trophy
    97trophy Posts: 915 Forumite
    move banks
  • rb10
    rb10 Posts: 6,334 Forumite
    wishface wrote: »
    Surely this can't be legal - stopping people getting access to their money!

    It's certainly legal. They are a business. They can choose what services they offer to customers. And if they don't offer a service that you want, there are plenty of other places you can go - none of the big five banks restrict you in this way (note that Nationwide has a similar restriction).
  • wishface
    wishface Posts: 1,884 Forumite
    97trophy wrote: »
    move banks
    I'm overdrawn with them, so I can't.
  • jambosans
    jambosans Posts: 1,493 Forumite
    wishface wrote: »
    Surely this can't be legal - stopping people getting access to their money!

    Your money?
    wishface wrote: »
    I'm overdrawn with them

    Also, what's wrong with using an ATM?
    Anything I post is my opinion, so from time to time I may be wrong. I try to provide answers based in fact, however I don't know everything, so (like all posters on MSE), take what I say with a pinch of salt.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,003 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I cannot draw less than £300 at my counter and been like it for years.
  • Extant
    Extant Posts: 2,140 Forumite
    jambosans wrote: »
    Your money?

    Indeed. This, plus the question of legality, just makes this thread reek of entitlement.
    What would William Shatner do?
  • wishface
    wishface Posts: 1,884 Forumite
    Extant wrote: »
    Indeed. This, plus the question of legality, just makes this thread reek of entitlement.
    wait what?
  • BASFORDLAD
    BASFORDLAD Posts: 2,418 Forumite
    Well if your overdrawn i wouldnt moan. your borrowing *thier* money
    For everthing else there's mastercard.
    For clampers there's Barclaycard.
  • wishface
    wishface Posts: 1,884 Forumite
    edited 4 December 2009 at 4:56PM
    jambosans wrote: »
    Your money?


    Also, what's wrong with using an ATM?

    Nothing at all, except for sums of money that don't multiply in ten pound notes.
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    you can withdraw cash at the post office
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