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grumbler wrote:
This was just an example.
Well, if you prefer Barclays:
...Telephone bill for a fixed line, not a mobile (less than three months old) with evidence that the bill has been paid...
The subject here was mobile bill, but not the bank.0 -
ejones 999 "They can and do. It is the account opening form(together with certified photocopies of id) which is sent away to a central place to open basic accounts."
Not what Barclays have told me, different branches and different staff all said that origional id had to be sent away if benefits.
See proves my point, what one person tells you another disputes. Why cant the same bank sing from the same hymm sheet?Ready to Go Go!0
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