Bank charge controversy

In the same vein, Tiscali should refund Customer Support telephone charges incurred by customers when Tiscali get it wrong and customer has to use the 0871 number as their only method of contact.

To the bank staff person, i have four children and barclays bank charged me £30.00 for being over drawn by £4 because a direct debit came out a full week earlier than scheduled, do you know what they did they took it out of my child benefit. my kids money it's not right and while we on the subject the charges aren't even legal, they are over priced and Martin Lewis as shown the people exactly what the banks are doing yes have a charge fee on but come on £30.00 it's way too high a price to pay and especially when your on low paid jobs and have children to feed and clothe

I had the great joy of learning today that Barclays had refused to pay my mortgage although they had been made aware that funds were being submitted to cover the amount.Not only will they charge £35 for the letter, but they also charge an additional £35 for the cost of the automatic computer programme to stop the transaction.That's £70 worth of "cost" incurred, it must have taken all of 2 mins for the computer to print the letter and the human to pop it in an envelope. I wish I was on that hourly rate.I have decided to invoice Barclays for all my future correspondence, breaking down the cost of my time to compose the letter, cost of paper, ink, power, post, the cost of an invoice and as a final flourish put in a highly inflated hourly rate.

and another comment.. should the banks end free banking they will lose out. At the moment nearly 70% of all transactions in small businesses is done in cash - out of the banking system. Who in their right mind is going to pay a bank for holding onto money that they have effectively lent them - especially when the bank will immediately invest it in the stock market and make even more. Get real banks. A Jeff B.A.(econ)

Ray F, the 'less-well off' you speak of are usually those with fairly good incomes, who are incapable of managing their finances and expect their debts to be socialised onto the rest of us through paying bank account fees. Free banking should remain for all those who are fiscally prudent and keep their accounts in credit Those who are spendthrift, running up huge debts, deserve to get stung by the banks. They should learn to read the terms and conditions of their accounts.