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Agent Wouldn't Believe My Wife Is Female

  • 30-04-2021 12:19pm
    #1
    Smiley012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭


    Myself and my wife have a mortgage and a loan account with BOI, my wife rang to enquire about balance on the account and agent refused to deal with her.

    My wife has a name that can be either male or female, and agent did not believe that my wife was account holder - believing that account holder should have been male.

    How can this happen in this day and age? I'm absolutely disgusted with how the agent dealt with my wife.


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  • #2
    Iguarantee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭Iguarantee


    Smiley012 wrote: »
    Myself and my wife have a mortgage and a loan account with BOI, my wife rang to enquire about balance on the account and agent refused to deal with her.

    My wife has a name that can be either male or female, and agent did not believe that my wife was account holder - believing that account holder should have been male.

    How can this happen in this day and age? I'm absolutely disgusted with how the agent dealt with my wife.
    Firstly, that is an unfortunate situation to be in.

    Secondly, the agent was (likely) protecting the integrity of your account/details which I would be glad of despite the obvious inconvenience they caused. Of course, I'm assuming they weren't absolute clowns in how they dealt with the matter.

    If you feel this was unfair or wrong, seems likely you do, then I'd ring Bank of Ireland and lodge a complaint. You can pretty much guarantee your call was recorded so ask them to play it back to you while you're on the phone (I believe they have this facility).

    Best of luck.


  • #3
    Bank of Ireland Reps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭Bank of Ireland Reps


    Smiley012 wrote: »
    Myself and my wife have a mortgage and a loan account with BOI, my wife rang to enquire about balance on the account and agent refused to deal with her.

    My wife has a name that can be either male or female, and agent did not believe that my wife was account holder - believing that account holder should have been male.

    How can this happen in this day and age? I'm absolutely disgusted with how the agent dealt with my wife.
    Thanks Smiley012 for taking the time to get in touch today. 

    We are sorry to hear this was your wife's experience with a colleague, please pass on our apologies to your wife. 

    If your wife would like to officially look into this, this link here will provide you with more information. 

    Hoping this helps,

    Many thanks,
    Alison. 


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