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 BarclaysBank 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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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Barclays Bank
Advantages: Their error means I now have a pro-active Bank Disadvantages: they were very impersonal
Before you read this Opinion you need to know that I am a Business Manager with NatWest Bank.
This Opinion has been written by a friend of mine who has very recently switched from Barclays to NatWest (I didn't get involved apart from saying I would but this Opinion up for people to read).
I personally would not go around slating our Competitors but considered my frineds experiences worthy of your interest.
The Opinion is as follows ;
Talk about being just a number and not recognised for who or what you are.
When I was a student , all the Bank's courted us like crazy.
At University we were approached by all the major UK PLC's trying to convince us to come and work for them.
When we Graduated the Bank wanted to lend me lots of money to buy a Car.
Then what happened (I dropped into this big void).
You see when I ...
richardandkaye 19.08.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Barclays Bank
Advantages: long established; worldwide reputation; provides wide range of facilities. Disadvantages: Impersonal; poor at customer service except from branch staff
All banking has changed dramatically since the '60s revolution when all workers were 'encouraged' to open a bank account. Since then with computerisation, a plethora of products, removal of managers and most staff, changes in the money market, the influence and competition from the USA and the drive to increase profits banking has lost the personal touch. Against that we now have greater control over our accounts and actions through internet banking. From my experience and comparing it to the other banks - not the building society banks - Barclays offers a good internet system and this extends to Barclaycard.
Many of the bad comments are due to unrealistic expectations and education of what banks actually do. The first point is to understand that no one person has any responsibility for you or your account; secondly, the computer is ...
apex2000 30.07.2008
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