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Have I made a huge BOO BOO??!

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  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Hi,

    another happy co op customer here :D. The staff are really helpful & you can transfer between accounts ( savings, isa etc) instantly. A year after I opened the accout I was told I could apply for the current account ( with OD & chequebook). I havent bothered because I dont need either facility.

    The fact the co op is ethical was a big bonus for me too, I would definitely recommend them.

    I would also recommend honesty too.
  • lmclean100
    lmclean100 Posts: 192 Forumite
    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    Hi,

    another happy co op customer here :D. The staff are really helpful & you can transfer between accounts ( savings, isa etc) instantly. A year after I opened the accout I was told I could apply for the current account ( with OD & chequebook). I havent bothered because I dont need either facility.

    The fact the co op is ethical was a big bonus for me too, I would definitely recommend them.

    I would also recommend honesty too.

    Ditto. I even managed to make a mess of my account in the first month and went overdrawn with no overdraft facility:eek:. But they were great, I just phoned and said I'd made a major bobo and they said that as long as I didn't make a habit of doing that, they would pay my direct debit this time. Thought was really good of them considering they didn't 'know' me.

    L
    Getting there, slowly but I WILL be debt free before I retire :dance:
  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
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    Might be worth trying Barclays. They are BR friendly and will open a basic account even if you owed them money. My ex OH opened an account with them after his BR and he owed them and Barclaycard loads of money. Comes with Visa debit card but I don't think it has online banking.
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • stapeley
    stapeley Posts: 2,315 Forumite
    Our local Halifax is closing and I get a small pay cheque end of each month , no option of direct payment to the account . Who are Nat West linked with ?
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    stapeley wrote: »
    Our local Halifax is closing and I get a small pay cheque end of each month , no option of direct payment to the account . Who are Nat West linked with ?

    They are part of the RBS group now.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland_Group#Operations
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