Good Samaritan finds man's wallet... & gets in touch with him via four 1p bank transfers - MSE News

jonesMUFCforever

EarthBoy wrote: »

Yes, but for all intents and purposes that's the same thing.

Not exactly Nationwide have members Banks have shareholders.

The only way they act the same is that the hierarchy running both Nationwide and the banks are vastly overpaid.

DigForVictory

I think it's canny & very sweet - so many folk might not bother at all.

Ashen

born_again wrote: »

Anyone else think. Why did he simply not ring the bank of the card he found....

Yes they would not tell him the customers details, but they could at least of allowed the wallet owner to contact the finder.

I really doubt the bank would do anything more than reissue the bank card, let alone facilitate communication - they'd just tell the person who found it to hand it in to the police, since they have nothing to do with anything except that one card in the wallet.

Bettie

Ashen wrote: »

I really doubt the bank would do anything more than reissue the bank card, let alone facilitate communication - they'd just tell the person who found it to hand it in to the police, since they have nothing to do with anything except that one card in the wallet.

They have phoned the wallet/purse owner whenever I've handed them in to the banks or building society.

Ashen

Bettie wrote: »

They have phoned the wallet/purse owner whenever I've handed them in to the banks or building society.

That's reasonable for handing it in in person - it was more that the post suggested ringing the bank as being an easier option and that the bank could tell the owner to contact the finder.

robatwork

Paul_Herring wrote: »

I wonder if this has been wrong since 1963?

Eco_Miser

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Not exactly Nationwide have members Banks have shareholders..

When I first joined Nationwide I became a shareholder, the account was a share account.