Child & Co RBS Branch to close

PloughmansLunch

gary1312 said:

[Deleted User] said:

The cheques do look good, shame about the card. I have to say since the switch to Mastercard both Child and Drummonds cards seem to me made more cheaply. Although I never handled a Drummonds card in the flesh. I showed the cards to a friend who was not impressed and said they "looked like normal cards"!

I don't mind the Drummonds card and have actually adopted my Drummonds Select as my spending money account. I think their card design would work well as a standard RBS card if the Drummonds scripting were replaced by an RBS design, although anything would be better than the current RBS card!

It failed to impress my girlfriend when it was whipped out to pay for our meals in Wetherspoon the other day however. "Drummonds? What's that? One of those daft app banks like your Monzo?" 

You need to use the Drummonds chequebook to really make an impression in a ‘spoonies

EarthBoy

PloughmansLunch said:

gary1312 said:

[Deleted User] said:

The cheques do look good, shame about the card. I have to say since the switch to Mastercard both Child and Drummonds cards seem to me made more cheaply. Although I never handled a Drummonds card in the flesh. I showed the cards to a friend who was not impressed and said they "looked like normal cards"!

I don't mind the Drummonds card and have actually adopted my Drummonds Select as my spending money account. I think their card design would work well as a standard RBS card if the Drummonds scripting were replaced by an RBS design, although anything would be better than the current RBS card!

It failed to impress my girlfriend when it was whipped out to pay for our meals in Wetherspoon the other day however. "Drummonds? What's that? One of those daft app banks like your Monzo?" 

You need to use the Drummonds chequebook to really make an impression in a ‘spoonies

They don't accept cheques. Hardly anybody does these days. 

WillPS

gary1312 said:

[Deleted User] said:

The cheques do look good, shame about the card. I have to say since the switch to Mastercard both Child and Drummonds cards seem to me made more cheaply. Although I never handled a Drummonds card in the flesh. I showed the cards to a friend who was not impressed and said they "looked like normal cards"!

I don't mind the Drummonds card and have actually adopted my Drummonds Select as my spending money account. I think their card design would work well as a standard RBS card if the Drummonds scripting were replaced by an RBS design, although anything would be better than the current RBS card!

It failed to impress my girlfriend when it was whipped out to pay for our meals in Wetherspoon the other day however. "Drummonds? What's that? One of those daft app banks like your Monzo?" 

It's the based on the design of the bog standard RBS debit card from 15 years ago (when they started moving from Maestro):

alexkent

I've got an RBS Reward account with sort code 160038 and I've just been sent a new debit card, and weirdly, it doesn't say RBS, it says Drummonds Private Banking. Very weird. I'd never qualify for private banking.

ForumUser7

alexkent said:

I've got an RBS Reward account with sort code 160038 and I've just been sent a new debit card, and weirdly, it doesn't say RBS, it says Drummonds Private Banking. Very weird. I'd never qualify for private banking.

Have a read of this thread - that’s the Drummond’s sort code and is a way to get a Drummond’s private banking card without meeting the normal private criteria. There is a similar method for child’s and co - they are much smarter than the standard cards imo!

alexkent

I find it quite annoying. My first card was just normal RBS. If people see me use this card, they'll think I'm rich. Which I'm not.

WillPS

alexkent said:

I find it quite annoying. My first card was just normal RBS. If people see me use this card, they'll think I'm rich. Which I'm not.

They probably won't see it, and even if they did I doubt they'd think that. Other than the word 'private' it doesn't look posh. Use a bit of tape to hide the brand if you like.

Open an account at any other branch of RBS if it still bothers you (using the form on Page 9). The last remaining English branch is Berwick upon Tweed but put in any Scottish town or place name if you prefer.

gary1312

PloughmansLunch said:

gary1312 said:

[Deleted User] said:

The cheques do look good, shame about the card. I have to say since the switch to Mastercard both Child and Drummonds cards seem to me made more cheaply. Although I never handled a Drummonds card in the flesh. I showed the cards to a friend who was not impressed and said they "looked like normal cards"!

I don't mind the Drummonds card and have actually adopted my Drummonds Select as my spending money account. I think their card design would work well as a standard RBS card if the Drummonds scripting were replaced by an RBS design, although anything would be better than the current RBS card!

It failed to impress my girlfriend when it was whipped out to pay for our meals in Wetherspoon the other day however. "Drummonds? What's that? One of those daft app banks like your Monzo?" 

You need to use the Drummonds chequebook to really make an impression in a ‘spoonies

Nah I'm saving the chequebook for when I next pop into CostCutters for a pint of milk.

WillPS said:

gary1312 said:

[Deleted User] said:

The cheques do look good, shame about the card. I have to say since the switch to Mastercard both Child and Drummonds cards seem to me made more cheaply. Although I never handled a Drummonds card in the flesh. I showed the cards to a friend who was not impressed and said they "looked like normal cards"!

I don't mind the Drummonds card and have actually adopted my Drummonds Select as my spending money account. I think their card design would work well as a standard RBS card if the Drummonds scripting were replaced by an RBS design, although anything would be better than the current RBS card!

It failed to impress my girlfriend when it was whipped out to pay for our meals in Wetherspoon the other day however. "Drummonds? What's that? One of those daft app banks like your Monzo?" 

It's the based on the design of the bog standard RBS debit card from 15 years ago (when they started moving from Maestro):

Ah I see, thanks for the info! Much better than the current punter-class cards! I was still in what I thought would be a life-long relationship with Yorkshire Bank at this time. How things change. I'd still take the last YB debit card design over Drummonds/Childs any day of the week. 

[Deleted User]

I have been studying this thread for a while!

A quick question - I’ve been told this elsewhere but to corroborate…

I know you have to open the Drummonds “account” via the select account form - but once open can I upgrade it to a Reward without losing any of my Drummonds stationery

Does this also apply as and when the card were to expire in 5 years?

gary1312

[Deleted User] said:

I know you have to open the Drummonds “account” via the select account form - but once open can I upgrade it to a Reward without losing any of my Drummonds stationery

Yes. I upgraded my Child Select to a Reward pretty much straight after I opened it. First statement arrived today and it's Child-branded.

Rexxx said:

Does this also apply as and when the card were to expire in 5 years?

One can only presume so, unless they've moved Child/Drummonds accounts to punter-class stationery by then!