Adrian 2 | 28/11/2018 13:33:12 |
104 forum posts 19 photos | Barclays Bank recently closed my local branch. I have now transferred my affection to another bank. A smooth and trouble free transition. Last week I received from Barclays, copies of statements for the previous five years. Almost 90 sheets of A4 paper. They are legally obliged to offer this service unless I requested otherwise. Had they asked (which they did not) I would have declined. It would take one letter on one sheet of paper to simply ask the question. I hate to think of the needless waste if this is common practice throughout the banking industry. Adrian. |
Howard Lewis | 28/11/2018 14:35:08 |
7227 forum posts 21 photos | I agree, but initiative is not encouraged. "Don't ask questions. Just tick the box" As Model Engineers, who need to use our initiative, it is doubly frustrating, but like PC thinking, it is now a part of life, designed for those cannot assess a situation and react to it. Where should I store my soapbox? Only clean answers please! Howard |
Douglas Johnston | 28/11/2018 14:42:56 |
![]() 814 forum posts 36 photos | About five years ago I closed a bank account and every 6 months since then I have received a letter from them stating my account balance is 12p. I should really tell them to stop but am interested to see how long this silly business goes on. |
Watford | 28/11/2018 14:46:38 |
![]() 142 forum posts 11 photos | Not just the banks. Just renewed my car insurance. Two large envelopes received, one to invite renewal, and the second to send the insurance certificate. Counting the total sheaf of papers that this involved I found that they had sent thirty-nine sheets of A4. My input was a solitary bank transfer.
Mike
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Oldiron | 28/11/2018 15:03:15 |
1193 forum posts 59 photos | Posted by Douglas Johnston on 28/11/2018 14:42:56:
About five years ago I closed a bank account and every 6 months since then I have received a letter from them stating my account balance is 12p. I should really tell them to stop but am interested to see how long this silly business goes on.
I shut my Barclays credit card account 15 years ago and still get paper billing giving me an account total of £0.00. I have asked several times for it to be stopped but still it comes. regards |
J Hancock | 28/11/2018 15:24:34 |
869 forum posts | Many years ago,when I reached the tender age of 65, in addition to my main pension I found two tiny extra pensions. One of £2.68 a year, which I naturally asked to be paid monthly, as it was taxed, Each month I would get an envelope with the paperwork inside showing 18p had been paid into my account, plus 4p to the Inland Revenue. After many years they did try to pay me off (refused), so now get the lump sum of £2.15 up front. |
larry phelan 1 | 28/11/2018 20:36:04 |
1346 forum posts 15 photos | Dont even try to understand this type of thing,I dont,I just ask them to repeat since I dont understand,and guess what ? Yes,they send out the same crap again ! It,s called PROGRESS or something ! |
Neil Wyatt | 28/11/2018 21:06:07 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | Hmm at a rough count I can think of well over twenty organisations that send me regular statements. The only ones I get paper communications for are my business bank accounts and some things from HMRC. It's really up to you to contact them and switch to paperless. Neil |
Fowlers Fury | 28/11/2018 22:32:33 |
![]() 446 forum posts 88 photos | "It's really up to you to contact them and switch to paperless" Don't know if other banks are the same as Barclays but SWMBO and myself each have an account with them. |
vintage engineer | 28/11/2018 23:26:56 |
![]() 293 forum posts 1 photos | You will find that most of this paper is due to EU rules and they harp on about saving the environment! |
I.M. OUTAHERE | 29/11/2018 00:58:55 |
1468 forum posts 3 photos | My bank started charging for printed monthly statements so it kind of forces me to go to the E - statements . If all shose sheets are only printed single side you could use the other side for a workshop sketch pad |
Hopper | 29/11/2018 01:09:10 |
![]() 7881 forum posts 397 photos | Haven't had a paper letter from a bank in years since I went all digital e-statements etc. Usually there is somewhere on your internet banking page you can tick the box for "I do not wish to receive mail/emails/phone calls about outstanding opportunities in banking I may wish to participate in" or the like. If you don't tick the box, you get pestered. All my bills and vehicle rego etc are also received and paid online these days. So the only things in my letterbox these days are small parcels from eBay etc. (Mostly workshop related!) Can't remember the last time i got an actual letter. -- edit, oh yes I can. Speeding fine. Doh! Some things never change.
Edited By Hopper on 29/11/2018 01:14:56 |
Russell Eberhardt | 29/11/2018 08:55:11 |
![]() 2785 forum posts 87 photos | Posted by vintage engineer on 28/11/2018 23:26:56:
You will find that most of this paper is due to EU rules and they harp on about saving the environment! It's always too easy to blame someone else. Russell |
SillyOldDuffer | 29/11/2018 09:57:19 |
10668 forum posts 2415 photos | Posted by Russell Eberhardt on 29/11/2018 08:55:11:
Posted by vintage engineer on 28/11/2018 23:26:56:
You will find that most of this paper is due to EU rules and they harp on about saving the environment!
Russell The EU has always been a convenient excuse for any bureaucratic cock-up or unpopular legislation in the UK. Be fun to see who gets the blame from next year onwards! One explanation for this kind of nonsense from my personal experience:
The high cost of making small software changes tends to cause organisations to tolerate inconveniences for ever, or to bundle fixes into the next major planned upgrade which might be several years away. This forum has several small shortcomings of this type. No doubt Neil regularly lobbies his management to fix them. No doubt Neil's management look at the cost and decide not to bother - yet. No doubt when the forum software reaches end-of-life, its replacement will be better. Dave
Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 29/11/2018 10:02:56 |
Anthony Knights | 29/11/2018 09:58:20 |
681 forum posts 260 photos | Last year when my private pension increased, I received an updated council tax bill for 7 pence. |
Howi | 29/11/2018 10:17:56 |
![]() 442 forum posts 19 photos | Posted by Anthony Knights on 29/11/2018 09:58:20:
Last year when my private pension increased, I received an updated council tax bill for 7 pence. ???? |
Anthony Knights | 29/11/2018 12:43:10 |
681 forum posts 260 photos | COST OF PROCESSING DATA +PAPER +ENVELOPE +2ND CLASS STAMP=LOSS TO COUNCIL=WASTE OF PAPER. |
Neil Wyatt | 30/11/2018 14:39:27 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 29/11/2018 09:57:19:
This forum has several small shortcomings of this type. No doubt Neil regularly lobbies his management to fix them. No doubt Neil's management look at the cost and decide not to bother - yet. No doubt when the forum software reaches end-of-life, its replacement will be better. No I don't lobby for changes, I have set out what i woudl like to see in replacement software, including links to forums that I think use better software. FWIW I think most forums use software that could be improved, not just this one. Neil |
martin perman | 30/11/2018 18:05:24 |
![]() 2095 forum posts 75 photos | Posted by Neil Wyatt on 30/11/2018 14:39:27:
Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 29/11/2018 09:57:19:
This forum has several small shortcomings of this type. No doubt Neil regularly lobbies his management to fix them. No doubt Neil's management look at the cost and decide not to bother - yet. No doubt when the forum software reaches end-of-life, its replacement will be better. No I don't lobby for changes, I have set out what i woudl like to see in replacement software, including links to forums that I think use better software. FWIW I think most forums use software that could be improved, not just this one. Neil I find with all Forums the following applies “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.” Martin P
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the artfull-codger | 30/11/2018 18:28:37 |
![]() 304 forum posts 28 photos | Father in law lived next door,died 3 yrs ago & left his bungalow to the wife & sisters, eventually got a letter from the beeb about no tv licence renewal,dutifully phoned them up & told them about the situation & thought that was that,duty done, but no we regularly get demand & threatening letters for the last yr or more, this weeks says they're coming round this saturday [great] as there's no bungalow there now it was demolished last wek as part of the land she's sold & there's now a road there,I'm not paying for phone calls when I've told them once,the letters come in handy as I cut them up & use them in the workshop for notes etc. |
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