URGENT! Tell Gordon Brown to Support Reclaiming

MSE_Martin

Having worked with the other reclaiming groups on this - i wanted to let you know the official petition is now on the No. 10 website. It's going to be going in the e-mail tomorrow - so it'd be great if regulars (who believe in it of course, its not compulsory) would start the ball rolling and sign it early.

To sign the petition go to

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BankCharter/

Further details

See the full Bank Charges Reclaiming Charter

Martin

Feel free to post the petition in other forum - providing you don't break their spamming rules.

Dr_Hook

MSE_Martin

Hi feel feel free to publicise the petition any legitimate (and non spamming) way you can.

If you're a member of other forums. Why not post about it and the link to the Charter it self there and suggest people try (again providing its within the rules).

Martin

smudgemanc26

Good Idea Martin and whilst i was signing up i also noticed alot of other petitions with good causes listed, i just hope he takes notice of us now.

[Deleted User]

Ive signed up for it but e-petitions never do anything, they are all completely ignored by the government that is enacting totallitarian rule. You get back a lame list of excuses designed to try and brainwash the weakly convicted that their point of view is best.

You only need to look at teh petitions with unprecidented returns such as no ID cards and no road charging and the responce merely states that ID cards and road charging is a fantastic idea. I thought the government were meant to represent the people and not the ID card companies and road charging companies that they and their cronies hold stock in.

I can see it now when the petition closes the responce will say, charges are a way for banks to recoup costs incurred as a result of customer behaviour. The behaviour of banks is kept in check by regulatory bodys.

This translated as - but charges are a fantastic way of hitting the poor and uneducated we support them as we need to recoup the dole money somehow on top of ciggys and beer. This way it goes in our luvvly trust funds, and besides the director let me stay on his private island and donates a million squid to the party so we made him a lord for good measure.

... vested interests

toontastic

Signed as well but not expecting much

joeblack066

Thanks Martin, signed and living in hope as I am one of the many who has had the claim suspended.

keith_lard

Thanks Martin!

Regards

k.

madmoney_2

consider it signed :rolleyes:

Tirian

I'm waiting for the petition asking the banks to pay £1000 each to all those who've not dabbled in their overdrafts and thus saved them the expensive hassle of dealing with a claim for all the fees back. Why should the ones who've scrimped to stay within their limits get no recognition (and, more importantly, no cash bonanza!)?

DIRTY_CASH

Tirian wrote: »

I'm waiting for the petition asking the banks to pay £1000 each to all those who've not dabbled in their overdrafts and thus saved them the expensive hassle of dealing with a claim for all the fees back. Why should the ones who've scrimped to stay within their limits get no recognition (and, more importantly, no cash bonanza!)?

We have heard this a thousand times before.... and congratulations to you for being so good with your account. I am not going to go into the blah blah of the whys and wherefores as I assume you know this anyway but consider for one minute if you had made a boob in your account which cost the bank !!!!!! all to process and administer and then got stung for £39 you would be a bit peeved I assume and would obviously want it back.

When accounts are that tight and for a lot of people this is more the case £39 may well pop you back into the red for a second month plus and addition £39 or whatever taking £78 over etc etc etc. We don't live in a perfect world unfortunately and people being people make mistakes for any number of reasons, personal, administration and even the banks make mistake. Its not a principle about not charging customers I beleive they should be charged for offences but within law and FAIRLY and proportionately i.e £2.50 - £4.50 etc. So why shouldn't we reclaim whats been taken unfairly.

Do you suggest these money making factoies keep it?

Give it back. Make clear the costs of EVERY charge in EVERY bank.

If this was all so fair and transparent banks would not be rolling over and refunding so easily. The test case will clear this up one way or another. In the meantime people will still struggle due to these charges. Given back what they are fairly due to could make a whole lot of difference!

There but for the grace of God and all that...