student son wants to lodge cheque,,been told 6 weeks

mumblub

:mad: hi all was wondering if anyone has a son or daughter with student account in bank of ireland..my son is trying to lodge a cheque from aib bank and has been told it can take up to 6 weeks and that sometimes they dont even accept the cheque as it is a student account..has anyone any ideas on this..poor thing he thought he would have just lodged it and had it clear in 5 days as he was going to use the money for xmas pressies ...has anyone any knowledge on student banking (btw hes 16)

motorguy

mumblub wrote: »

:mad: hi all was wondering if anyone has a son or daughter with student account in bank of ireland..my son is trying to lodge a cheque from aib bank and has been told it can take up to 6 weeks and that sometimes they dont even accept the cheque as it is a student account..has anyone any ideas on this..poor thing he thought he would have just lodged it and had it clear in 5 days as he was going to use the money for xmas pressies ...has anyone any knowledge on student banking (btw hes 16)

I take it its from a bank down south which might extend the time a bit.

Does sound weird though that its going to take six weeks? :eek:

mumblub

yeah paul..his bank is in belfast..the cheque is from alied irish bank down south...but i cant work out why they would say they dont normally accept cheques into student account..what makes a student account different from an adult account ie accepting a cheque..i was going to ring bank of ireland this morning but i know i would only end up giving them a mouthful :mad: but son said its his account and im not to embarress him

ballyblack

Is it in a foreign currency ie Euros?

mumblub

yup ballyblack..i guess thats prob what the problem is..dont know why irish boxing board cant pay cheques in sterling

motorguy

mumblub wrote: »

yeah paul..his bank is in belfast..the cheque is from alied irish bank down south...but i cant work out why they would say they dont normally accept cheques into student account..what makes a student account different from an adult account ie accepting a cheque..i was going to ring bank of ireland this morning but i know i would only end up giving them a mouthful :mad: but son said its his account and im not to embarress him

I'm with the BOI for my business account and they can have a stick up their !!! over certain things. You didnt ask for the manager, see what he says? Or what about ringing their customer service number?

mumblub

lol paul..i was def going to but i know i would end up shouting down the phone at them..and to top it all they rang to say to has to go back down today as he didnt sign the back of the cheque....bloody bank didnt ask him to sign it...according to them it was sent god knows where and it is been returned to them this morning..at this rate he would be better getting a train to dublin or something and cashing the cheque in an aib bank

mumblub

i was gonna go and wake him..but at 16 and first day of school (you know how 16 year olds like to hibernate) i thought stuff it if its gonna take 6 weeks whats the point in waking him this early (early for him) he can pop down later

[Deleted User]

Hi,

sounds as though you are in NI, could he take it to a local AIB branch with some ID?

mumblub

do you know something frugal i didnt think of that...thank you im gonna give one of them a ring now ..cheers

mumblub

bloody banks aib/first trust only contact number that has 4 options and none of them will help you if you are not a customer...its a joke