wunch of bankers

[expat]

Thanks for the points but the fact that I am not resident in the UK means:

1. I like Nationwide's foreign currency calculations (no charges and no loading on the Visa exchange rate)
2. I'm not sure that Egg would give me a card since I'm not UK-resident, and have just moved from one European country to another - and sold my house so I'm not a householder, as well as having changes of address.... and presumably now a refusal on my record, from Barclaycard

(I was already a Nationwide customer, admittedly an inactive one)

[zeitghost]

Just a point here but you can't actually "cancel" a credit card you can only suspend one. I had a huge row with Cahoot about this a few years ago.

Odd.

I cancelled my Access card by cutting it in half & giving back to Lloyds Bank.

Seemed to work since I never got another one...

[Alf W]

I thought Barclaycard contact centres were in Manchester and Sunderland.

Just a point here but you can't actually "cancel" a credit card you can only suspend one. I had a huge row with Cahoot about this a few years ago.

[wendigo100]

Virgin.

0% for the last five years, very pleasant Scottish or Norfolk girls on the phone, and no problems at all.

[zeitghost]

I thought it was "Go to work on an Egg"...

Oh, sorry, wrong millennium, century, and decade...

[Joe Black]

Go with Egg.

I'll second that...

[Fungus]

Just cancelled my Barclaycard. Not at all happy with Mrs Rajiv's handling of my account. Going to use Nationwide instead. They have UK call centres.

I have had a Barclaycard since 1973 - before the Visa system. But even the most loyal customer can be driven away if you try hard enough.

I moved from Nat West to Nationwide. I got sick of the arrogant big bank attitude from Nat West, and lots of mistakes. Nationwide seem much better. And they have lots of branches and good interest rates on their savings and internet accounts.

Fungus.

[ratewhore]

nah - do it the contractor way. Carry your cash in a wheelbarrow...

[swamp]

Going to use Nationwide instead.

Nationwide Credit Card Services are crap (they're a seperate outfit from the high street bank.) The may have proper UK call centres but they still get everything the wrong way round.

Go with Egg.

[zeitghost]

It's much easier to do without it since it stopped being a cheque guarantee card as well as a credit card.

I've had mine since 1973 too.

I've still got one of those punched card statement things they used to use.

(This house is going to fall down with all the accumulated junk... I'm the reincarnation of Mr Trebus ).

[expat]

It's Burglaycard I didn't like.

You crazy muttha......

I've just done exactly the same thing, told them I wasn't happy
with the possibility of my details being sold in internet cafes in Bombay.
They had the front to tell me it was a UK centre, however I did ask
the guy at the time what the weather was like, and he mentioned 32 degrees.
Must have been one of those Indian summer nights we get in October!!!
Closed the account, told them to sod off. Been with them for 9 years

Mrs Rajiv may well be in the UK, and the fact that she (or her husband) is probably Indian is not a factor for me.

The feeling that I was being treated like Joe in off the street and not a customer of 32 years good standing (and profit) is the reason I left. And I am sure that's Barclaycard more than it's India.

[lORD lUCAN]

You crazy muttha......

I've just done exactly the same thing, told them I wasn't happy
with the possibility of my details being sold in internet cafes in Bombay.
They had the front to tell me it was a UK centre, however I did ask
the guy at the time what the weather was like, and he mentioned 32 degrees.
Must have been one of those Indian summer nights we get in October!!!
Closed the account, told them to sod off. Been with them for 9 years

[expat]

Just cancelled my Barclaycard. Not at all happy with Mrs Rajiv's handling of my account. Going to use Nationwide instead. They have UK call centres.

I have had a Barclaycard since 1973 - before the Visa system. But even the most loyal customer can be driven away if you try hard enough.