Do I have grounds to sue my Bank?

olly300

So your son couldn't drive you to the bank even if you were wearing your PJs, for you to sort out the transfer?

platterfish

Do Barclays not have telephone banking, you could have just called them and do a transfer?

opinions4u

Do I have grounds to sue my Bank?

None whatsoever.

societys_child

Do I have grounds to sue my Bank?

Looks like a definite no . . .

chambta

I think it's fair to say the answer is 'no'.

Goldiegirl

What made me laugh is that the OP said that all this had left him with no way of feeding his son, so I thought the son was about 3.

Then I realised that the son was old enough to drive! If the son can drive, surely he's old enough to be making some contribution to the house, and could buy some food to last the weekend?

Money-Saving-King

rayjay01 wrote: »

I recently had an accident at work which resulted in a very painful break to my arm. This has left me pretty much house bound.............

...........We returned to find that the branch had closed and the Branch Manager was refusing to talk to us, regardless of the fact after a certain amount of time we were banging on the windows.

I can imagine they have more grounds to sue you for distress the "housebound" person who suddenly comes down and starts banging on the windows!!

pmduk

Your family seems to have a cavalier attitude to security, sharing PINs, site passwords etc.

You've still not explained why if you were able to get to the bank, you didn't go with your son in the first place, rather than after the problem had arisen.

lippy1923

Next time don't leave yourself with no cash in the house at all. Even if it's just £100 locked away in a safe.

Also open another account elsewhere and stop putting all your eggs in one basket. This won't happen again if you spilt your funds between financial institutions.

You cannot sue them at all. They did nothing wrong (apart from the unprofessional laughing at you in the window).

The only person who did wrong was you unfortunately. Poor choices in money management and giving your card to a 3rd party, which is against the rules.

Looking at it from Barclays POV do you really expect them to re-open the branch, keep all their systems open to then go through security, give you your card and sort you out for money, ON A WEEKEND????? It takes a long time to balance up the branch and close down the system. The last thing they want to do is hang around unpaid to sort that mess out.

EarthBoy

rayjay01 wrote: »

It has left me housebound because I cannot drive a car... The bank is located in the city center, a distance too far for me to walk.

Being unable to drive is not the same as being housebound. Housebound = unable to leave the house. You could have got the bus to the bank instead or, as has already been pointed out, you could have got off your backside and gone to the bank with your son in the first place, thus saving yourself a whole lot of grief.