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25-10-2007, 11:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 29
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| | | HSBC, again, grrrr
A moan about our fav bank, again!!!
So went in to deposit US$1,100 today.
Am told, oh sorry, the maximum daily deposit limit is US$1,000. You can deposit the extra US$100 but there is a service charge.
Grrrr!!! So now they want to charge me to put money in their bank. | |
25-10-2007, 11:16 AM
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| | | In foreign currency? Do you really think that's unusual? Do you think you could deposit HK$ cash into a US bank account at all?
Why is this is any way specific to HSBC? | |
25-10-2007, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PDLM  In foreign currency? Do you really think that's unusual? Do you think you could deposit HK$ cash into a US bank account at all?
Why is this is any way specific to HSBC? | Well they advertise the foreign currency account service as one of the great benefits of PowerVantage. | |
25-10-2007, 11:26 AM
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| | | You can always transfer it instead. I transferred 15,000 pounds the other day (about 31,000 of the American Monopoly money) into HSBC no problem. | |
25-10-2007, 12:53 PM
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| | | PIN - Many of the banks charge for local currency deposits over a certain amount too. | |
25-10-2007, 12:57 PM
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25-10-2007, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by pin A moan about our fav bank, again!!!
So went in to deposit US$1,100 today.
Am told, oh sorry, the maximum daily deposit limit is US$1,000. You can deposit the extra US$100 but there is a service charge.
Grrrr!!! So now they want to charge me to put money in their bank. | So, put in the thousand and save the hundred for the next time you are stateside. We had a similar problem in May and the extra money was spent by July. It isn't like you can survive off the interest on $100. | |
25-10-2007, 01:14 PM
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| | | Or, deposit $1000, ask them to change some notes to HK$ and deposit those. | |
25-10-2007, 01:25 PM
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| | | i guess i'm just being difficult!!
need to keep the money in US$, but won't be going stateside anytime soon.
i guess i just wanted a moan about hsbc. | |
25-10-2007, 02:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sweet Lamma
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| | | Can I have a little moan about HSBC too?
I just had a letter congratulating me on my new "alternative wealth management solution that better suits my needs" - yes I am being downgraded to "SmartVantage" unless I can pony up $200k by next month.
How exactly does removing the only services I really use (manned phonebanking, stock order hotline) "better suit my needs"?
HSBC is a business, I don't have a problem with that. But I'd just rather have a straight talking message. "You're too poor, now p**s off!" not something dressed up as an "exclusive offer".
Maybe I'll bring it up at the press con today... :-) | 
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