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Nationwide's 'Fairer Share' £100 payment for eligible members
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2010 said:km1500 said:ok let's take it to the papers rather than discuss it here
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/10/nationwides-100-payouts-labelled-unfair-by-some-customers
They "hope to"!
This should be an annual event, some of the profits should be shared with members as there are no shareholders to pay dividends to.
If they change the criteria so some people who qualify under this year's rules don't qualify next year, that will generate complaints.
And if they change the criteria to include more members by addressing some of the unfairness highlighted this time, everyone will receive a smaller share.
Whatever they do now, I don't think they can win. However they distribute the profits next time, there will be a further group of unhappy customers.
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TheBanker said:2010 said:km1500 said:ok let's take it to the papers rather than discuss it here
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/10/nationwides-100-payouts-labelled-unfair-by-some-customers
They "hope to"!
This should be an annual event, some of the profits should be shared with members as there are no shareholders to pay dividends to.
If they change the criteria so some people who qualify under this year's rules don't qualify next year, that will generate complaints.
And if they change the criteria to include more members by addressing some of the unfairness highlighted this time, everyone will receive a smaller share.
Whatever they do now, I don't think they can win. However they distribute the profits next time, there will be a further group of unhappy customers.When in a hole, stop digging.They are creating an expectation of another £100 payout next year. Which, without bankrupting themselves, would mean keeping the eligibility criteria restrictive enough to limit the recipients to a small proportion of the total membership, or as you say to reduce the amount of money each member gets.'Free flights to the USA'?1 -
TheBanker said:
Whatever they do now, I don't think they can win. However they distribute the profits next time, there will be a further group of unhappy customers.1 -
boingy said:TheBanker said:
Whatever they do now, I don't think they can win. However they distribute the profits next time, there will be a further group of unhappy customers.
If it was me, I would say the current scheme was a one off but they are creating a equitable scheme for next year. This would involve members earning 'points' based on their average monthly balances (for savings and mortgages) and their transactions (for current accounts). At the end of the year, the available profit is divided by the total number of points issued and paid to members. No different to how the Co-op food store dividend schemes work.4 -
2010 said:km1500 said:ok let's take it to the papers rather than discuss it here
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/10/nationwides-100-payouts-labelled-unfair-by-some-customers
They "hope to"!
This should be an annual event, some of the profits should be shared with members as there are no shareholders to pay dividends to.All profits should be shared with members (other than keeping any necessary reserves). This is the model of how a mutual building society is supposed to operate.It shouldn't be an annual event, because if they offered better value products then surplus profits of this kind shouldn't be accrued.
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jim1999 said:Turns out that Nationwide are trying to close out all of the fairer share complaints by doing a copy-pasted response en-masse.
But, if you contact them to say you're unhappy with that response, they will actually allocate someone to investigate.
They've tried to prevent people from doing so by not providing any contact details on the letter itself.
Not sure it's the best strategy if they want to avoid lots of people going to the FOS, but I suppose that's their prerogative.0 -
Is it just a coincidence that they announced the £100 around the same time as bringing out the 2 year member bond at a decent rate?
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I would say this is just a one off payment because of excess profits and never likely to be repeated.
It comes as Nationwide reported a 40% jump in annual pre-tax profits to £2.2bn, topping its previous record high of £1.6bn a year earlier.
19 May 2023
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MACKEM99 said:jim1999 said:Turns out that Nationwide are trying to close out all of the fairer share complaints by doing a copy-pasted response en-masse.
But, if you contact them to say you're unhappy with that response, they will actually allocate someone to investigate.
They've tried to prevent people from doing so by not providing any contact details on the letter itself.
Not sure it's the best strategy if they want to avoid lots of people going to the FOS, but I suppose that's their prerogative.If you want me to definitely see your reply, please tag me @forumuser7 Thank you.
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