Edinburgher's balancing act

InaPickle

edinburgher wrote: »

Less than amused to see that both my Hotmail and Paypal have been hacked, with some chancer trying to send himself £850 from my current account :mad:

Have changed my passwords for all sites and have run various spyware checkers and anti-virus programs. Paypal have been emailed and I've raised a dispute, but it could take up to 10 days to resolve. I just thank God I only have about £50 in my bank account right now, or they could've had the lot.

OMG that's terrible! :eek: What do you think happened: they hacked your Hotmail account and followed through to Paypal? That makes me want to change my passwords again!

edinburgher wrote: »

Big woop' - I hear you say - who cares about a lightbulb? Well, said lightbulb has taken me 3-4 visits to the shops to find one with a suitable fitting for our bedside lamps (bargainous Woolworths purchases back in the day).

I hate it when small, seemingly easy things like this take forever to find!

Our new steamer was debuted last night and I have to say, those were the tastiest carrots I've ever eaten. Soft, not mushy and with a lovely sweet flavour. I strongly suspect that it will become a firm favourite in edinburgher towers...

That's what I love them for: I never used to like carrotts when they came out bland and mushy, and now I could give Bugs Bunny a run for his money. :T to steamers!

doodledo_2

I have toyed with the idea of a steamer for a while now, I am thinking I may need to purchase one.

Enjoy your afternoon

edinburgher

they hacked your Hotmail account and followed through to Paypal?

Using the same password for everything no doubt made it easier... I've changed that now!

edinburgher

Received a letter from A&L, my awesomely useless bank. Apparently I have to go into branch to request that they don't charge me £25 for returning a payment where I've been defrauded.

Sick of being a bloody second class citizen because I have a basic bank account. I pay in £1300 a month and have never been overdrawn/missed a payment/breached the terms of my account, but still I have to jump through their ridiculous hoops.

Will be moving to Natwest for good once my debt is gone - at least they treat me like a regular customer instead of a liability. In case you think I'm just being a moaner, I've been a customer of theirs for 6 years now, so you think I'd be due the benefit of the doubt? :mad:

gwen80

edinburgher wrote: »

Cheers Gwen - I was wildly exciting and paid it into my savings - will be used to pay down my debts in the near future. I did keep enough to take the GF out for a light lunch this weekend

Brilliant! Well done!

Sorry to hear about the hacking and A&L They aren't great. I'm with them, however I think I've just discovered the only bank worse than them....Nationwide :mad::mad:

InaPickle

edinburgher wrote: »

Received a letter from A&L, my awesomely useless bank. Apparently I have to go into branch to request that they don't charge me £25 for returning a payment where I've been defrauded.

Sick of being a bloody second class citizen because I have a basic bank account. I pay in £1300 a month and have never been overdrawn/missed a payment/breached the terms of my account, but still I have to jump through their ridiculous hoops.

That sucks. Having said that, I noticed on the main site that they have a free £100 'join us' offer. I take it that you wouldn't recommend them, even for the free £100?

doodledo_2

Afternoon Ed, you had a good day?

edinburgher

I'm with them, however I think I've just discovered the only bank worse than them....Nationwide

Really? Well, I'll be sure to avoid them in future!

I take it that you wouldn't recommend them, even for the free £100?

If your credit history leaves you eligible for the offer, by all means take it. Their 'regular' current accounts aren't bad, I'm just treated like scum because I have a 4 year old default - fairly annoying for someone who earns £25k, hasn't been overdrawn or missed a payment in 4 years and isn't an idiot. Anyway, rant over

Afternoon Ed, you had a good day?

Not really Doodledo. I spent close to an hour in an A&L branch where a gentleman who didn't speak very good English (the manager!) failed to understand my complaint. I know I don't perform as well sans my morning coffee, but I'm normally fairly easy to understand....

doodledo_2

So whats happening with the complaint, did it eventually get sorted?

edinburgher

Not yet - they have 35 days to respond to it/refund the unwarranted charges, although the branch manager seemed confident that they would.