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Stephen & Elisabeth in England
Saturday, 31 March 2007
Paying off your credit card in England
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Topic: Stephen Says
The Background: I intend to pay off the 480 pounds on my credit card at Barclays. After standing in line (And jostled by a bizarre German lady) for 5 minutes, I approach the teller:

Me: I'd like to pay off my Visa.
She: No you have any picture ID?
Me: No.
She: None at all?
Me: No. I don't have a drivers license.
She: Do you at least know your PIN number?
Me: Of course.
She: Then I recommend you withdraw the money from your account from a machine, queue up again and pay it off that way.
Me: (Confused look)
She: Without any picture ID I can't let you transfer that much money onto your credit card.
Me: Well how much can I tansfer?
She: Three hundred pounds.
Me: What's stopping me from getting back in line and then just paying off the rest?
She: I'm sorry sir but you can't do that.

And then I stormed off in a huff.
Only 2 more months of putting up with this kind of bullshit.

I also put in my resignation yesterday, which is singularly depressing.

Posted by oz/rexcats at 4:52 PM BST
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Sunday, 1 April 2007 - 1:45 PM BST

Name: Sally

I take it that your credit card is not with the same bank as your savings account?

Sunday, 1 April 2007 - 9:37 PM BST

Name: Stephen

No, they're both Barclays.

Monday, 2 April 2007 - 1:42 AM BST

Name: Sally

Your right - they're nuts if they wont transfer the money between two accounts belonging to the same person. Canadian banking should be easier.

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