Eeeeh?? Excuse me? (Bank charge 3 euro to change a 500 note)

fend · 30-09-2010 11:02AM #1

So just popped into a bank in Galway, as my mother has had a €500 note from month and month ago she wanted to change for €50s...

After standing in the que for the cashier for 15 minutes, i finally reached the window, asked the cashier to change the money, only to be told i had to pay €3????????????????

€3 to change money??? How PATHETIC!!!!

Needless to say i stormed out of there, €500 still in hand.

winston82 · 30-09-2010 11:04AM

Good for you. Here's your medal.

amacachi · 30-09-2010 11:04AM

Why didn't you just lodge it then take it out at the ATM?

Captain Slow IRL · 30-09-2010 11:05AM

They don't make money by being nice?!

Why didn't you just lodge it into your account and take it out at the atm?

30-09-2010 11:05AM

fend wrote: »

Needless to say i stormed out of there, €500 still in hand.

I'd say you just said "oh I wasn't aware of that". Then you walked out kind of embarrassed.

thebigbiffo · 30-09-2010 11:06AM

that's nuts! did you explain nicely that seeing as you own the f'uckers they should do as their told...

super_furry · 30-09-2010 11:06AM

fend wrote: »

Needless to say i stormed out of there, €500 still in hand.

You showed them!

Shryke · 30-09-2010 11:06AM

You probably should have lodged that money and then taken it out later.

phasers · 30-09-2010 11:06AM

What everyone else in the thread said

BluesBerry · 30-09-2010 11:07AM

einheisserschre wrote: »

I'd say you just said "oh I wasn't aware of that". Then you walked out kind of embarrassed.

More like "Screw you guys ....I'm going home"

Where did your mam get 500 note in the first place is what we all wanna know

artvandulet · 30-09-2010 11:08AM

amacachi wrote: »

Why didn't you just lodge it then take it out at the ATM?

OP, I think the word you are looking for is "Doh!"

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-09-2010 11:08AM

phasers wrote: »

What everyone else in the thread said

Even the OP?

Snakeblood · 30-09-2010 11:08AM

fend wrote: »

So just popped into a bank in Galway, as my mother has had a €500 note from month and month ago she wanted to change for €50s...

After standing in the que for the cashier for 15 minutes, i finally reached the window, asked the cashier to change the money, only to be told i had to pay €3????????????????

€3 to change money??? How PATHETIC!!!!

Needless to say i stormed out of there, €500 still in hand.

No wonder Jesus threw them fellas out of the temple.

phasers · 30-09-2010 11:09AM

Avalyn Dead Rum wrote: »

Even the OP?

Yep.

Hasmunch · 30-09-2010 11:10AM

amacachi wrote: »

Why didn't you just lodge it then take it out at the ATM?

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Why didn't you just lodge it into your account and take it out at the atm?

Shryke wrote: »

You probably should have lodged that money and then taken it out later.

Feck that, you should have burned it in front of them, that would have really showed them!!

fend · 30-09-2010 11:10AM

And if i didnt have an account there? And if the nearest bank apart from that one was 10miles away?

Charging to break down money is crazy!! For god sake wer being charged every other area enough!!!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-09-2010 11:11AM

phasers wrote: »

Yep.

Good. I'm glad we're all agreed.

Min · 30-09-2010 11:12AM

Name and shame the bank involved, is it a bank that got another bailout today?

fend · 30-09-2010 11:13AM

Bank of Ireland !!

super_furry · 30-09-2010 11:14AM

fend wrote: »

And if i didnt have an account there? And if the nearest bank apart from that one was 10miles away?

Then you're not a customer and they are under no obligation to offer you banking services free of charge.

skipz · 30-09-2010 11:15AM

Go home, photocopy the note, bring the photocopied note into the bank and set it on fire while jumping around it shouting "bad money!"

might work if you live in the middle east (laois maybe:D?)

themadchef · 30-09-2010 11:17AM

Min wrote: »

Name and shame the bank involved, is it a bank that got another bailout today?

I must be missig the "shame" part. He didint have an account there.

What has the bail out got to do with it? We own it therefore business transactions shold be free?///

mailforkev · 30-09-2010 11:18AM

fend wrote: »

...as my mother has had a €500 note...

Your mother may be part of the Russian Mafia, you probably have bigger problems.

Min · 30-09-2010 11:18AM

fend wrote: »

Bank of Ireland !!

Thought it would be AIB... I'm sure BOI could survive without exchanging the euro cash for euro cash when it is no loss to them to do it.

amacachi · 30-09-2010 11:22AM

fend wrote: »

And if i didnt have an account there? And if the nearest bank apart from that one was 10miles away?

Charging to break down money is crazy!! For god sake wer being charged every other area enough!!!

Charging to break down money is crazy is it? Did you try a shop?

Min · 30-09-2010 11:23AM

themadchef wrote: »

I must be missig the "shame" part. He didint have an account there.

What has the bail out got to do with it? We own it therefore business transactions shold be free?///

I do not see the cost involved in exchanging euro cash for euro cash in a bank.

Dravokivich · 30-09-2010 11:25AM

amacachi wrote: »

Charging to break down money is crazy is it? Did you try a shop?

Worked in a news agents once and someone asked me to give him change of €200, told him I can't break that...

then he asked for a packet of chewing gum... asked him if he had anythign else because i seriously couldn't break the €200.

Also... €500 notes don't have to be accepted in Shops and I'd be hard pressed to know of any that could break it.

Most I ever had in a float for a till was €130.

mink_man · 30-09-2010 11:28AM

fend wrote: »

And if i didnt have an account there? And if the nearest bank apart from that one was 10miles away?

Charging to break down money is crazy!! For god sake wer being charged every other area enough!!!

well, they're offering a service, and you usually have to pay for a service. what if for one full hour people were coming in changing money for free, then the workers would be working for nothing. although the bank pays the wages.

fend · 30-09-2010 11:34AM

As far as i thought, a bank was a public service.... No shop will change it.

In the meantime, what the hell am i supposed to do to change it? I refuse to pay €3 to breakdown money. That is absolutly crazy talk.

And id be very very surprised if anyone on this forum would willingly pay the €3.

AAAAAAAHHH · 30-09-2010 11:36AM

Min wrote: »

I do not see the cost involved in exchanging euro cash for euro cash in a bank.

Labour?

super_furry · 30-09-2010 11:36AM

fend wrote: »

As far as i thought, a bank was a public service.... No shop will change it.

Nope, a bank is a business.

Eeeeh?? Excuse me? (Bank charge 3 euro to change a 500 note)

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