Advantages: (+) expansive range Disadvantages: (-) too many to mention...poor service, increasing prices, made many mistakes w/ my account
Little bit of history: I first opened an account with Barclays Bank when I was 11 years old after being recommended by a school friend and her Mother. I had the normal savings account - a bank card to use at the ATM and bank branch itself, with a daily £50 limit.
Between the ages of 11 and 15 I had no problems with the bank, until of course when I was 16; a week before my 16th Birthday my account was updated/upgraded. I now had a chip+pin card but my account was essentially the same as before. However, one difference was that I now had £100 daily limit instead of the former £50. This was agreed in my contract which I\'d received in the post around my 16th b.day. This is when the problems started. Thinking I had £100 to spend each day, I went shopping with friends and had planned to buy some Nike trainers costing £85. These were my ...
vcarina88x 27.07.2007
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Advantages: Al-Fresco Check-In Disadvantages: Lack of eating/drinking facilities after security
I visited Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) back in March 2007. We were staying in Barbados before flying out to Trinidad to watch some World Cup cricket.
We arrived at BGI from London Gatwick with Virgin Atlantic. I had last been to BGI in May 2006 prior to this trip.
It hadn't changed much, but what had got better was the duty free shopping. I'll go into this a bit later.
Like many carribean airports, when you arrive there is no jetty/airbridge, and have to climb down steps off the aircraft. This is fine as long as the weather is nice and sunny (which it fortunately was on my 2 visits there) However, I'm not sure if they have alternate 'airstairs' with a canopy over them for more inclement weather situations.
After climbing down the stairs you are ushered into the arrivals hall. Fortunately, despite only having ...
Advantages: Good online service, good opening hours, local branches Disadvantages: Poor customer service
I've been a Barclays customer for eight years, have a current account, a Barclaycard and an ISA with them. I first started using the bank as a student, because they offered a pretty good overdraft limit.
However, eight years later and I am currently experiencing some pretty shocking customer service in my opinion, which is making me seriously consider moving to another bank.
After having a fraudulant payment taken out of my account in March I expected that it woudl be sorted out quickly. Six months later, I'm still waiting to get the money back, despite calls to debit card service, visits to the branch and now a complaint. The waits to get through to debit card services are very long - over an hour on hold. I then found that the staff were unhelpful and sometimes, in my opinion, verging on rude. I have tried going into the bank ...
Leannie1000 07.09.2009
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