Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
May 21st 2009, 11:38 am
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Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
I'll get the mighty ones going off at me for this 
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
May 21st 2009, 11:43 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
I'll get the mighty ones going off at me for this
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
May 21st 2009, 11:43 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
I'll get the mighty ones going off at me for this
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/as...res/index.html
May 21st 2009, 11:45 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
Wonder which country they ran off to.
May 21st 2009, 11:51 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
What can I say... Im of the opinion that banks deserve all they have worked hard for....
May 21st 2009, 11:54 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
I presume the bank wont fire the person who made the error.
May 21st 2009, 12:08 pm
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
But it wasn't their money so that makes it theft, no matter whether the bank has cocked up or not.
The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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May 21st 2009, 1:10 pm
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
But it wasn't their money so that makes it theft, no matter whether the bank has cocked up or not.
The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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) would never be cut 
May 21st 2009, 8:04 pm
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
But it wasn't their money so that makes it theft, no matter whether the bank has cocked up or not.
The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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The money doesn't belong to the bank, it belongs to all their account holders (and the shareholders) and you can guarantee that they are the ones who will end up paying for the loss somehow.
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May 21st 2009, 9:47 pm
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
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May 22nd 2009, 8:38 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
So... (sorry just trying to get my head around this concept 
) if I inadvertently have my account overdrawn by 50 cents and the bank then charges me $45 and refuses to refund it due to the overdrawn amount of 50 cents, (putting aside terms and conditions because we all know terms and conditions exist for everything and we dont all agree with them) is that fair treatment? Should I just think to myself "oh ... its not benefitting the bank, its benefitting the shareholders and that makes it ok"?
) if I inadvertently have my account overdrawn by 50 cents and the bank then charges me $45 and refuses to refund it due to the overdrawn amount of 50 cents, (putting aside terms and conditions because we all know terms and conditions exist for everything and we dont all agree with them) is that fair treatment? Should I just think to myself "oh ... its not benefitting the bank, its benefitting the shareholders and that makes it ok"?
May 22nd 2009, 8:47 am
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Re: Three cheers for the kiwi & aussie doing a bank runner
ha ha awesome. i used to work for westpac, and the number of mistakes drawing down is huge. but this is a huge amount.
about 5 yrs ago, i had $100K appear into my account when someones loan was mistakenly put into my account. i told the bank, and didnt even get a thankyou from the bank who made the error.
about 5 yrs ago, i had $100K appear into my account when someones loan was mistakenly put into my account. i told the bank, and didnt even get a thankyou from the bank who made the error.