French bank/UK bank
May 20th 2017, 12:52 pm
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French bank/UK bank
We found this very interesting this week. I pass it on as a thought.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
May 20th 2017, 2:17 pm
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Re: French bank/UK bank
We found this very interesting this week. I pass it on as a thought.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
May 20th 2017, 3:08 pm
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Re: French bank/UK bank
We found this very interesting this week. I pass it on as a thought.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
Grandpabunz lost his wallet - probably stolen last weekend. He reported it to the local gendarmerie who were helpful' He immediately contacted both French and UK banks and credit cards, On Tuesday he received new card from UK bank and on Wednesday and Thursday replacement UK credit cards. This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
They phoned us up and asked if I was in new York as my card had been used there,turned out that it had been cloned when a hotels PCs went down.
They immediately cancelled said card and another was received in a couple of days.reimbursing the small sum lost.
May 21st 2017, 4:09 pm
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Update, to think about.
At the boulangerie today the wallet was handed back, it was found a week ago. The lady there, who we know well, had jus kept it until we next came in!!!! Not taken it to the Marie nor rung us. To me it defies belief - but I suppose my dear husband might have thought to enquire there.
I shall chain it to his neck in future.
At the boulangerie today the wallet was handed back, it was found a week ago. The lady there, who we know well, had jus kept it until we next came in!!!! Not taken it to the Marie nor rung us. To me it defies belief - but I suppose my dear husband might have thought to enquire there.
I shall chain it to his neck in future.
May 21st 2017, 7:07 pm
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One could also speculate about the relative chances of a lost wallet being returned in France and the UK. (I'm not grinding any axe here - I once lost a purse in an Intermarché car park,must have because it vanished between me paying for petrol at their service station and reaching checkout after shopping in the store, and it was never returned.)
May 22nd 2017, 11:49 am
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An interesting thread. It seems to be the season for loosing things!
On Sat whilst walking the dog, I found a bus-pass with the name and photo of a young lad. As the name or the photo didn't ring any bells (apart from our direct neighbours we know very few in our village), later in the day we looked through white pages and found the owner's address. I gave them a call, and the lad's mother was delighted that I'd found the pass - she'd been extremely concerned on how her son would get to school on Monday, and was already dreading making out all the requested paperwork to apply for another pass. That same evening whilst out with the dog again, I hand- delivered the pass, to the contentment of all concerned. Dyb, dyb, dob.
On Sat whilst walking the dog, I found a bus-pass with the name and photo of a young lad. As the name or the photo didn't ring any bells (apart from our direct neighbours we know very few in our village), later in the day we looked through white pages and found the owner's address. I gave them a call, and the lad's mother was delighted that I'd found the pass - she'd been extremely concerned on how her son would get to school on Monday, and was already dreading making out all the requested paperwork to apply for another pass. That same evening whilst out with the dog again, I hand- delivered the pass, to the contentment of all concerned. Dyb, dyb, dob.
May 22nd 2017, 12:06 pm
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Well done you.
A neighbour who works in the marie heard about the return of the wallet and I fear the baker's wife may well be in trouble for not handing it in on Monday. We wouldn't want that but do feel that even though she is a very nice and helpful lady she did fall short in this case.
Trouble is we are Liste rouge telephone wise.
A neighbour who works in the marie heard about the return of the wallet and I fear the baker's wife may well be in trouble for not handing it in on Monday. We wouldn't want that but do feel that even though she is a very nice and helpful lady she did fall short in this case.
Trouble is we are Liste rouge telephone wise.
May 22nd 2017, 12:25 pm
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Well done you.
A neighbour who works in the marie heard about the return of the wallet and I fear the baker's wife may well be in trouble for not handing it in on Monday. We wouldn't want that but do feel that even though she is a very nice and helpful lady she did fall short in this case.
Trouble is we are Liste rouge telephone wise.
A neighbour who works in the marie heard about the return of the wallet and I fear the baker's wife may well be in trouble for not handing it in on Monday. We wouldn't want that but do feel that even though she is a very nice and helpful lady she did fall short in this case.
Trouble is we are Liste rouge telephone wise.
May 22nd 2017, 2:38 pm
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We found this very interesting this week. I pass it on as a thought.
This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
This morning he went into our French bank only to be told that he should have followed up the telephone call with a written request including police receipt and his bank card would take another week and he would have to pick it up from the branch and sign for it.
Your OH called his french bank to cancel his cards. Why, for the love of god, did they not tell him what to do next when he did that?
I learned to deliberately ask "Is that it, that's all I have to do? Nothing else to do? You're sure? And your name please?".
May 22nd 2017, 5:58 pm
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An interesting thread. It seems to be the season for loosing things!
On Sat whilst walking the dog, I found a bus-pass with the name and photo of a young lad. As the name or the photo didn't ring any bells (apart from our direct neighbours we know very few in our village), later in the day we looked through white pages and found the owner's address. I gave them a call, and the lad's mother was delighted that I'd found the pass - she'd been extremely concerned on how her son would get to school on Monday, and was already dreading making out all the requested paperwork to apply for another pass. That same evening whilst out with the dog again, I hand- delivered the pass, to the contentment of all concerned. Dyb, dyb, dob.
On Sat whilst walking the dog, I found a bus-pass with the name and photo of a young lad. As the name or the photo didn't ring any bells (apart from our direct neighbours we know very few in our village), later in the day we looked through white pages and found the owner's address. I gave them a call, and the lad's mother was delighted that I'd found the pass - she'd been extremely concerned on how her son would get to school on Monday, and was already dreading making out all the requested paperwork to apply for another pass. That same evening whilst out with the dog again, I hand- delivered the pass, to the contentment of all concerned. Dyb, dyb, dob.
Our kids bus driver will always rant on about how children should be at the bus stop 5 minutes early even though she can't depart until the allotted time, no one else in France is ever 5 minutes early why force kids to do it.
May 22nd 2017, 6:36 pm
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Ah but we now have an added complication. He was told by the gendarmerie. last Thursday that he should think about reporting the loss of his passport to the UK aurthorities because without it he wouldnt be able to renew his permit, carte Vitale etc etc.
To do this he went on line BUT before you can download the form you have to pay the fee which he did. He didn't apply immediately because he had to get a signature on his photgraph.
When wallet turned up he thought fine he would just cancel the passpot bit and get a refund. Guess what. You can't get a refund !
If we thought our French bank a was out of order, nothing compared to the passport office. Talk about a rip off!
WE don't hate French stupid beaurocracy we hate ALL beaurocracy.
To do this he went on line BUT before you can download the form you have to pay the fee which he did. He didn't apply immediately because he had to get a signature on his photgraph.
When wallet turned up he thought fine he would just cancel the passpot bit and get a refund. Guess what. You can't get a refund !
If we thought our French bank a was out of order, nothing compared to the passport office. Talk about a rip off!
WE don't hate French stupid beaurocracy we hate ALL beaurocracy.
May 22nd 2017, 6:41 pm
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May 23rd 2017, 8:46 am
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Sorry I'm dyslexic in two languages three if you count geordie and have very poor sight in both eyes so I often do snarly up wordings!
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