Has anybody bought a bank draft recently?

Gillman1998 · 06-10-2021 05:24AM #1

I need a bank draft for €175 and it’s turning into a farce. My bank, BOI, only does them for €500 upwards. It appears that other banks require you to be a customer. I’m just wondering if anybody has experienced this and is there a way around it, apparently postal order isn’t acceptable in this case, only bank draft.

Any thoughts gratefully received.

sydthebeat · 06-10-2021 06:20AM

What's wrong with an electronic transfer?

wench · 06-10-2021 06:28AM

They have previously posted that they will make an exception for the naturalisation fee.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057876584/

Gillman1998 · 06-10-2021 08:30AM

Thanks Wench, that is fantastically helpful, really appreciate it.

Gillman1998 · 06-10-2021 08:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982011#Comment_117982011

Thanks, not acceptable apparently, unbelievable.

BBM77 · 06-10-2021 09:18AM

I did a few months ago. With the Bank of Ireland, having to go into the The Quay is just painful these days in general. It is so bad it is hard to believe. I am not even exaggerating the last time I was in there, old people were having to sit down and people letting them go ahead of them in the queue because they looked like they were going to faint, it was literally that bad.

Gillman1998 · 06-10-2021 11:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117982019#Comment_117982019

Brilliant! Rang BOi who confirmed the exception so thank you so much, saved me a load of grief

scout353 · 11-10-2021 11:52AM

Just another example of how the banks do not want to see customers in their premises!

They cited a 60% drop in business coming through the door as a reason for shutting all the branches last week - yet they caused that by forcing customers to use online banking and having very limited counter service!

I am not a customer of BOI but AIB and when I went into the branch they had a staff member outside directing customers to use the machines!

Beggars belief really!

Wanderer78 · 11-10-2021 12:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118004120#Comment_118004120

fairly understandable really, we ve been leaving them walk all over us for decades now, they only truly want our deposits and our need for loans, but nothing else, the sector has become a joint parasite!

Has anybody bought a bank draft recently?

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