nationwide
Mar 20th 2010 | 10:33 pm
#61
Ex Expat
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,140
From: West Midlands, ex Granada province
Re: nationwide
I think this is exceedingly mean of Nationwide to do this. My daughter is a student and although she has a part time job was unable to get the full debit card. She saved up to travel round Europe last year and used her cash card all the time and intends to travel this summer so this will really muck up her plans.
It is very patronising of the posters referring to "poor" people not being able to have the debit card. Nationwide promoted this facility very very heavily to get people to join and then they stop it. I believe to get the debit card now you have to agree to have your salary paid in and all your direct debits from it. I was lucky to get a debit card before this new ruling but no doubt this is the begining of the end for the debit card too. I think there will be a big backlash against them for doing this
If not many people use the cash card for withdrawals as Nationwide state, why are they stopping it, as it can't be costing them that much!
It is very patronising of the posters referring to "poor" people not being able to have the debit card. Nationwide promoted this facility very very heavily to get people to join and then they stop it. I believe to get the debit card now you have to agree to have your salary paid in and all your direct debits from it. I was lucky to get a debit card before this new ruling but no doubt this is the begining of the end for the debit card too. I think there will be a big backlash against them for doing this
If not many people use the cash card for withdrawals as Nationwide state, why are they stopping it, as it can't be costing them that much!
I opened my Flexaccout with no money and for months it only had £20 in. I still got the Debit Card.
Wheter things have changed now I don't know.
Mar 20th 2010 | 11:44 pm
#62
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 882
Re: nationwide
My cash card stopped working so phoned NW , they said they would send out replacement. When I asked if it was worth it as they are stopping them I was told that if I wanted I could just phone up and upgrade cash card to Visa/debit, no probs.
If you look on their site the criteria for upgrading doesn't seem that strict.
It seems to me as if NW have some "other agenda" for doing this and as with hidden agenda's they're not going to tell and we'll never know.
If you look on their site the criteria for upgrading doesn't seem that strict.
It seems to me as if NW have some "other agenda" for doing this and as with hidden agenda's they're not going to tell and we'll never know.
