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Banks. Why do we bother?
2006-Jan-25, Wednesday 22:54Important message (please pass it on) Royal Bank of Scotland is shit.
For some reason, I can't avoid them today, having taken an extra hour at lunch trying to sort the finances out (red final demand sir? Sorry, no, we can't extend your overdraft, you went over your limit last month sir. Yes, I can see that you have to pay it, yes I can see that you only went over by a few pounds for a few days, and yes it does appear that was due to us charging you some interest on the same day you withdrew £20. Computer stills says no sir; try this number, they'll run the same request again on the exact same computer system, then wonder why I told you to ring them...), every blog I click on seems to have a finances story (well, two, here's the other one). Ah well.
Got home, opened the post, it appears the council may owe me £250 in overpaid council tax (they got capped y'see). That is, if what I can see from the bill is correct, the numbers make no sense at all, it may be I'm just in credit because I paid the whole year in September and they're confused.
For some reason, I can't avoid them today, having taken an extra hour at lunch trying to sort the finances out (red final demand sir? Sorry, no, we can't extend your overdraft, you went over your limit last month sir. Yes, I can see that you have to pay it, yes I can see that you only went over by a few pounds for a few days, and yes it does appear that was due to us charging you some interest on the same day you withdrew £20. Computer stills says no sir; try this number, they'll run the same request again on the exact same computer system, then wonder why I told you to ring them...), every blog I click on seems to have a finances story (well, two, here's the other one). Ah well.
Got home, opened the post, it appears the council may owe me £250 in overpaid council tax (they got capped y'see). That is, if what I can see from the bill is correct, the numbers make no sense at all, it may be I'm just in credit because I paid the whole year in September and they're confused.
