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NatWest additional (hidden) charges?

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Today I had to transfer some money from my business account to the supplier abroad.
The transfer was for £1300.00 and according to NatWest’s website, I should be chared £20.00 :
NatWest Sending money abroad.

However, this evening I’ve checked my account on-line and found out that NatWest charged me £28.50.

This wasn’t the first time I was sending payment to my suppliers abroad and the charge was always £20.00 -- today however it raised up to £28.50.

I have called NatWest, but all they could say was to go to my branch and ask them -- as if I didn’t have anything better to do.

NatWest charges their business customers for the account on the monthly basis -- clearly that’s not enough.

UK Banks and unlawful charges

Repair stone chip on your windscreen

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

A few days ago I have decided to repair the chip on my windscreen and because I’ve never done this before I have done some searching on the internet and decided to go with Autoglass.

When I’ve spoken to them on the phone everything seemed very nice and I was convinced that the chip will be gone completely – as that’s what it suppose to be.

They weren’t the cheapest but their name is pretty much know all over the place so even thou it cost me £98.00 I decided to go with them.

When I took my car next day to the local Autoglass (Chichester) they were already waiting for me.

I’ve left the car for half an hour and after I came back I was a little bit dissapointed with the result – as instead of having a chip – I had like a sticker on top of it.

The whole was filled up nicely but the finish was matt type and effectively you can still say that there was a chip at some point.

I’m not saying the job is done badly – I just don’t know whether it’s done well – as I said, I’ve never had a chip before and don’t know anyone who had.

Is that normal to have a finish which isn’t transparent? – if you have any experience with this kind of service – let me know.

Car insurance due for renewal

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

So, the time has come and the car insurance is due for renewal in a few days.
I’ve already received the renewal papers from AA insurance for the total of £350.00 for the whole year – not too bad as for the fully comprehensive cover with No Claims Discount protection, voluntary excess of £500 and two drivers. But, because the current financial situation all over the world isn’t at its best, I’ve decided to check the competition and compare the market prices for the same packet.
I’ve tried one of the price comparison websites (gocompare.com) and have found the deal which have saved me over £100.
Yes – I’ve got the deal for £247 from the Post Office.

I’ve got my previous insurance with AA also through the price comparison website and I have to say – they do work.

One thing however – make sure that you read the content of each page before you click Next button.

The reason being is because, what I’ve found out was that right at the end there was a small note that my policy will be automatically renewed after the year is gone, unless I tick the check box which means that the policy will not be renewed unless you ask for it.

Don’t renew automatically any insurance policy, because there is a big chance that you’re going to get far better deal that the company you’re currently with.

The same applies to the offers from your bank – they normally do offers for new customers, but once you are with them for a long time, it’s becoming harder and harder to get any good deal.

My bank offered me far higher interest rate on the loan than the other banks – how dissapointing is this?

 

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