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Firstdirect Bank Charges In 1999

worth1g
worth1g Posts: 15 Forumite
in Budgeting & bank accounts
Hi,
This is a query about Firstdirect bank charges from 1999!

I seem to think that when i opened my firstdirect bank account back in 1999 that it should have cost me £10 a month. I also seem to think that there was a stipulation that if i took out a credit card with them and kept a balance on it that they would wave the £10 a month fee.

Can anyone confirm this? I am only asking as i can not find my paperwork and am unsure if i have made this up! It has been puzzling me for some time now!

Thanks in advance Gary

Comments

  • colsten
    colsten Posts: 17,597 Forumite
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    I don't have any FD T&Cs going back to 1999 but as far as I can remember, they always had the exemption clause they still have at present.
  • Futuristic
    Futuristic Posts: 1,192 Forumite
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    You're best contacting them through secure message/call to confirm.
  • EarthBoy
    EarthBoy Posts: 3,225 Forumite
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    They haven't always had an account charge, it was introduced about ten years ago, -maybe not even that long. There certainly wasn't one back in 1999.
  • gt94sss2
    gt94sss2 Posts: 6,191 Forumite
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    As EathBoy suggests the £10 monthly charge and the exclusions were introduced in February 2007.

    Regards
    Sunil
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