Lootman wrote:You are 100% correct. NatWest are stunningly incompetent. But that is exactly why I like them - they are completely aware of their uselessness and so always accept my point of view in disputes precisely because they know how useless they are.
Um... Doesn't sound an
entirely satisfactory setup to me!
Lootman wrote:But yes, common sense precautions are needed. I started out with Midland, now HSBC. They pissed me off so I switched to Lloyds. They cocked it up so i moved to Barclays. They failed me so I went to NatWest. And they are so bad that I stuck with them. Useless, the lot of them.
I dunno. People always seem to be saying these kinds of things about the usual UK high street banks, so why do they use them? I haven't had such a personal bank account AFAIK since about 1971.