news.bbc.co.uk— A student campaign using the social networking website Facebook has forced an international bank into a U-turn over charges.
Aug 31, 2007View in Crawl 4
Education, along with real estate, is actually one of the only investments that are acceptable to put on credit. Appreciates in value over time, you see.
ffs do you realise how much debt the average student the UK needs to complete their course? it's about 17,500 pounds and hell of a lot of that is fees - something our parents never had to pay! - "responsible banking" as you put it is just not possible - Unless of course your mummy and daddy are paying all the bills.
Lots of examples of horrible HSBC practices here: <a class="user" href="http://householdwatch.com/">http://householdwatch.com/</a>What they did to me: they bought my mortgage, then proceeded to charge me a prepayment penalty when I sold the house - that I never agreed to. When I finally go to see the 'agreement', it had my forged signature on it. I had to hire a lawyer and document expert to get my money back.
aahpandasrunAug 31, 2007
I'm glad my credit union doesn't charge people overdrive fees.
jj9000Aug 31, 2007
Education, along with real estate, is actually one of the only investments that are acceptable to put on credit. Appreciates in value over time, you see.
typhoon2009Aug 31, 2007
"Terms and conditions may change at any time"... I bet that was in the contract agreement that nobody ever reads.
iidliiAug 31, 2007
ffs do you realise how much debt the average student the UK needs to complete their course? it's about 17,500 pounds and hell of a lot of that is fees - something our parents never had to pay! - "responsible banking" as you put it is just not possible - Unless of course your mummy and daddy are paying all the bills.
apeweekAug 31, 2007
Lots of examples of horrible HSBC practices here: <a class="user" href="http://householdwatch.com/">http://householdwatch.com/</a>What they did to me: they bought my mortgage, then proceeded to charge me a prepayment penalty when I sold the house - that I never agreed to. When I finally go to see the 'agreement', it had my forged signature on it. I had to hire a lawyer and document expert to get my money back.