Comments on: UK regulator exposes bank rip off…we ignore it http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/uk-regulator-exposes-bank-rip-offwe-ignore-it/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Rasmussen http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/uk-regulator-exposes-bank-rip-offwe-ignore-it/#comment-11551 Paul Rasmussen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-11551 I wish we had a pesky little regulator, even a pesky little parliamentarian, with some sort of intestinal fortitude to stand up and say, 'enough is enough' as far as this outrageous rort is concerned. I've written to the regulators, who regurgitate regulator rubbish in reply. 'Tell someone who cares', is their underlying tone. <br /><br />What really got my goat going, just recently, was a call from my personal which bank rortier;... whilst he was on leave. Boy, he was livid! Gracious, I thought to myself, I think his false teeth have just fallen onto the floor. Rortier had his leave interrupted by his personal reliever, or was he my personal reliever? By all accounts, Reliever was obviously not happy with my frank opinions on the which's $30 slap happy fees. He didn't think I had the right to be a tad put out, when a trading Account was in the red and thus attracted a dozen or so $30.00 which slaps. Tied to it,[ that's the which's terminology], was a bulging bundle in another account. But that doesn't count. Personal rortier told me that 'I could naff off if I didn't like it'! <br /><br />Well, I thought about it, but where does one naff off to? You know, I really think Steve Mayne could make a big run on this issue. The 'Poker Machines First' and the 'No Families' boys to obviously need a hand to force the issue. The Government couldn't give a twopenny about it, and Brendon or Julie wouldn't understand<br />because it's not in a Tarago!<br /><br />Paul Rasmusssen I wish we had a pesky little regulator, even a pesky little parliamentarian, with some sort of intestinal fortitude to stand up and say, ‘enough is enough’ as far as this outrageous rort is concerned. I’ve written to the regulators, who regurgitate regulator rubbish in reply. ‘Tell someone who cares’, is their underlying tone.

What really got my goat going, just recently, was a call from my personal which bank rortier;… whilst he was on leave. Boy, he was livid! Gracious, I thought to myself, I think his false teeth have just fallen onto the floor. Rortier had his leave interrupted by his personal reliever, or was he my personal reliever? By all accounts, Reliever was obviously not happy with my frank opinions on the which’s $30 slap happy fees. He didn’t think I had the right to be a tad put out, when a trading Account was in the red and thus attracted a dozen or so $30.00 which slaps. Tied to it,[ that’s the which’s terminology], was a bulging bundle in another account. But that doesn’t count. Personal rortier told me that ‘I could naff off if I didn’t like it’!

Well, I thought about it, but where does one naff off to? You know, I really think Steve Mayne could make a big run on this issue. The ‘Poker Machines First’ and the ‘No Families’ boys to obviously need a hand to force the issue. The Government couldn’t give a twopenny about it, and Brendon or Julie wouldn’t understand
because it’s not in a Tarago!

Paul Rasmusssen

]]> By: Mad Micky 'D' http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/uk-regulator-exposes-bank-rip-offwe-ignore-it/#comment-11552 Mad Micky 'D' Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-11552 Banks won't give a sh*t about the customer, all they care is keeping their perks and million dollar salaries, and the only way to do that is keep the share holders happy with increased dividends.<br />simple. <br />Until we have a bank FOR the people, we will always pay outrageous fees.<br />Federal government, time to step up to the plate??<br /> Banks won’t give a sh*t about the customer, all they care is keeping their perks and million dollar salaries, and the only way to do that is keep the share holders happy with increased dividends.
simple.
Until we have a bank FOR the people, we will always pay outrageous fees.
Federal government, time to step up to the plate??

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