BoS & Halifax cash machines closed on Sunday

colsten

Heng_Leng wrote: »

I realise I had a few glasses of wine last night but can't see the linkage with a referendum debate.

You brought Scotland into it.

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Might actually be a (minor) issue in Scotland.

shortcrust

paragon909 wrote: »

What is the big deal actually.

They giving plenty of notice to either get cash or find an alternative.

If people cant read or understand them then it's tough. Plus who's out clubbing on a sunday night. Theres a reason why banks picked this time. less demand for the service.

torbrex wrote: »

actually it's not Sunday night, it's Sunday morning, good job you read the notice otherwise you might get stuck :rotfl:

Yeah, these idiots who can't read or understand simple notices from their bank don't deserve any of our sympathy.:T

System

Yes, into a discussion about ATM availability.
I still don't see the linkage to a referendum?!

colsten wrote: »

You brought Scotland into it.

dotdash79

I always have £50 hidden in a envelop somewhere in the house incase I need it for a emergency taxi ride home.

Proved very useful last month when I got knocked off my bike and my GF had to get a taxi home at 2 am from A&E when she had no bag or anything.

She drove to where I had been hit then left the car and got in the Ambulance with me.

masonic

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

TSB text me yesterday to let me know the cash machines would be down on Sunday, good service in my opinion.

I hold accounts with Lloyds, TSB and Halifax and would have been impressed if I'd received a text or email from any of them. Then again, perhaps they recognised I don't actually use any of my accounts for banking.

JSR

Announced? It was put on online banking about a week ago. There has been no other notification from Halifax. Anyone who hasn't logged in this week will have no idea they're about to be cut off. Ah well I'm sure your kids are all way too smart to be caught out...

colsten

Seems the big blackout has been and gone without incident.

shortcrust

colsten wrote: »

Seems the big blackout has been and gone without incident.

Miraculously, the world is indeed still turning. Took me 10 seconds to find tales of woe on twitter though. Inevitable when you consider that many (most?) people have just one current account and many people don't regularly check their online banking.

These things have to be done and the time they chose to do the work seems sensible to me. Some people would have been caught out even if they'd run TV ads all week.

BillJones

shortcrust wrote: »

Loads of people! As I type, buses and taxis all over the UK are full of people on their own heading out to meet friends. Plenty of them will say their goodbyes at the end of the night and head off home alone too. Perhaps via the cash machine to get some cash for a taxi.

Relying on the cash machine always working is simply idiocy. As shown by this case, they go down sometimes, for a few hours.

Not anticipating this, then blaming the bank, makes no sense at all.

shortcrust

BillJones wrote: »

Relying on the cash machine always working is simply idiocy. As shown by this case, they go down sometimes, for a few hours.

Not anticipating this, then blaming the bank, makes no sense at all.

I agree. Lots of people do though.