Nationwide advert

Big_John_246

Can I ask everyone what message they get for the new Nationwide advert "Sponsors of real life" :cool:

Anthorn

To me it says they don't expect account holders to be perfect and things happen. But when we inadvertently contravene the TOS or conditions we are pretty much at the mercy of the bank or building society and Nationwide is most likely no exception to that.

Big_John_246

Yes that is the impression I get, things in life happen and people get into trouble or difficulty but we (Nationwide) will help you. :T

I bet it’s not that easy, when does a bank ever want to help someone who’s in trouble or having difficulties.

alanq

Nationwide is sponsoring ITV documentaries.

The slogan is "proud supporters of real life".

My understanding is that it is claiming to support customers as well as supporting the creation of the documentaries.

colsten

I haven't seen the ad but if Nationwide tell people they know about real life, I could only laugh about the ad. Like I can only laugh about their "Nationwide, on your side" slogan.

As myself and at least a dozen other forum members experienced only just recently, Nationwide don't even have the first clue how to handle real life things that happen in the financial services industry (such as the insolvency of an ISA provider), so any claim about how well they can handle real life sounds just like another lot of Marketing hot air.

Anthorn

colsten wrote: »

I haven't seen the ad but if Nationwide tell people they know about real life, I could only laugh about the ad. Like I can only laugh about their "Nationwide, on your side" slogan.

As myself and at least a dozen other forum members experienced only just recently, Nationwide don't even have the first clue how to handle real life things that happen in the financial services industry (such as the insolvency of an ISA provider), so any claim about how well they can handle real life sounds just like another lot of Marketing hot air.

I'm very interested in Nationwide's failure in the area of financial services but I can't find that information online except for a few unsubstantiated forum posts. Do you have a link to that information so I can follow it up. Thank you.

alanq

colsten wrote: »

I haven't seen the ad but if Nationwide tell people they know about real life, I could only laugh about the ad.

http://mr-president.co.uk/project/nationwide-supporting-real-life/

planteria

The CEO's £3.75m/yr rains all over their parade for me:D

Anthorn

colsten wrote: »

I haven't seen the ad but if Nationwide tell people they know about real life, I could only laugh about the ad. Like I can only laugh about their "Nationwide, on your side" slogan.

As myself and at least a dozen other forum members experienced only just recently, Nationwide don't even have the first clue how to handle real life things that happen in the financial services industry (such as the insolvency of an ISA provider), so any claim about how well they can handle real life sounds just like another lot of Marketing hot air.

Still waiting for that link on Nationwide's failures in the financial services industry. Any progress being made with that?

colsten

Anthorn wrote: »

Still waiting for that link on Nationwide's failures in the financial services industry. Any progress being made with that?

As an experienced MSE forum user, it shouldn't be hard for you to find the appropriate information.

Anthorn wrote: »

Do you have a link to that information so I can follow it up

Thank you for your offer, but there is no need for you to follow up anything.

dr_adidas01

planteria wrote: »

The CEO's £3.75m/yr rains all over their parade for me:D

Sorry to !!!! on your parade but he actually got paid according to the financial accounts I'm sent as a member, the CEO will get £2.8m this year dependent on how Nationwide perform. His basic salary is £875k.

Still a lot of money but no where near some of what the CEO's of the other banks get, the CEO of lloyds gets £3.7m plus £1.7m in bonuses.

HSBC CEO got £7.8 million with bonuses and some sort of compensation because HSBC didn't perform as well last year.