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marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 12 9:28 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

marigold wrote:

I'm lucky that I have the resources to do all that, many people don't.

You'd need more resources if you relied on barter or cash. We tend to use cash rather than debit cards but it would be much easier to just use the debit card.

If we have to go back to barter, I'd be dead fairly quickly

. With things as they are many people can function without the resources of health and strength, that's a luxury that "simple" societies can't afford.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 9:48 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

Not good is it. We had people at work panicing, thinking they had not been paid.

My employer uses Nat West so if it's not sorted 5000 people could potentially not get paid this week

Perhaps I can offer my mortgage/energy/insurance/credit card providers some carrots?

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 4:22 pm Post subject:

robkb wrote:

sgt.colon wrote:

Not good is it. We had people at work panicing, thinking they had not been paid.

My employer uses Nat West so if it's not sorted 5000 people could potentially not get paid this week

Perhaps I can offer my mortgage/energy/insurance/credit card providers some carrots?

They'll be aware of the issue, and cope with it. And if not, Natwest will pay for it.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 4:33 pm Post subject:
My wages turned up as normal.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 4:49 pm Post subject:
I think the worst buggered about with were the people packed into a van, moving home, who's cash failed to move across. I'm sure it'll be sorted, but must have been a worrying time. Last edited by Nick on Mon Jun 25, 12 5:35 pm; edited 1 time in total

DawnMK

Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 895
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 4:59 pm Post subject:
Its almost sorted but not there yet, the payments coming into the bank from our card payment system are still not sshowing on the account and havent done since Thursday, but we can now do transfers and the moneys banked last Thursday are now showing, so I will have to pop to the bank tomorrow and see what is happening

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 5:00 pm Post subject:

Now who would have guessed:

Quote:

The boss of RBS tells the BBC that a software change was responsible for the widespread computer problems affecting millions of customers' bank accounts.

?

When did computer programmers first realise that an upgrade was the best way to re-introduce errors into software?

I can afford to be smug (this time), I'm with the Coop.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 5:22 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

I think the worst effected were the people packed into a van, moving home, who's cash failed to move across. I'm sure it'll be sorted, but must have been a worrying time.

You want to change that "effected" before M-J gets here.

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
Posts: 6968

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 5:27 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Nick wrote:

I think the worst effected were the people packed into a van, moving home, who's cash failed to move across. I'm sure it'll be sorted, but must have been a worrying time.

You want to change that "effected" before M-J gets here.

Nah.. .

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 5:35 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Nick wrote:

I think the worst effected were the people packed into a van, moving home, who's cash failed to move across. I'm sure it'll be sorted, but must have been a worrying time.

You want to change that "effected" before M-J gets here.

Done.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 6:32 pm Post subject:

marigold wrote:

I have contingency plans to cater for bank screw-ups. Two bank accounts (one branch-based, one online), other separate savings accounts with other financial institutions (including National Savings) and a couple of cash stashes in the house. Plus a good store cupboard.

It doesn't mean I can't be caught out, but at least I've got some chance of not being completely penniless and powerless if one bank fails. If the internet failed I'd be stuffed, but then, so would everyone else. And I would have cash and food for a few weeks (assuming prices didn't rocket).

I'm lucky that I have the resources to do all that, many people don't.

Just checked with my wife, we have enough in a separate bank account to last a month or more (at current expenditure rates).

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 6:37 pm Post subject:

gardening-girl wrote:

Lots of places don`t **like ** cash payments.We get quite a lot of cash in birthday/christmas cards, from our residents.Try going into Comet, and trying to pay for a laptop with cash!

One of my fondest memories of my father is going to buy a car with him, back in about 1985 and him haggling the poor dealer down by a large amount, before sort of settling on a price; and then pulling five grand in notes out of his pocked and asking 'And the discount for cash is ...?'

I miss him

john of wessex

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 2130

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 12 9:00 pm Post subject:
I pay Housing Benefit so spent a bit of time this morning trying to see if our payments had gone to the customers bank accounts. Fortunatley they had But then pay days Thursday.............

DawnMK

Joined: 01 Dec 2008
Posts: 895
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 12 9:53 pm Post subject:

had a chat withthem in the bank this morning as its still not sorted, they hope to get it sorted by the week end

they have been giving priority to personal accounts and then bussiness accounts

they are working from present day backwards

so the card payments we took in the shop last week that are not showing on our account proberbly wont be there until the week end, but the ones we take this week are there

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 12 7:10 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

My wages turned up as normal.

So did mine. Hurrah, that's one less hassle to deal with (with apologies to those still trying to sort it out

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