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From: William Black on 29 May 2007 08:42 "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hyvldo.miu4ft1rmo7zcN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > The only document we had in both our names was the council tax. We've managed the gas bill, the Council Tax, a joint bank account and a couple of clubs I was already a member of. >> Still, getting a National Insurance number has been the most long drawn >> out >> and difficult thing so far. Oh how we laughed when there were all those >> news stories about how easy it was for illegal immigrants to get an NI >> number... Not. > > Oh, we found it quite easy- we applied in Bury. The chap who filled out > all the paperwork actually commented that he quite enjoyed chatting to > us- I got the impression that a lot of people turning up at the office > are quite beligerent- both from his comments, and the language and tone > of a lot of the people in the waiting room. We live in Scarborough, there's no-one in the teeny tiny Jobcentre here who does it, someone has to come from York. We ring up... "You can't have one unless you get a job." "I'm self employed" "Oh dear, there doesn't seem to be a mechanism until after you've worked for a period, but, we can get you one if you have rejection letters, sometimes" "But I can't open an ISA without one" "We cannot issue an NI number for banking purposes" Application for jobs followed and we collected the appropriate number of rejection letters... The appointment then takes about a week to get. First interview... We start and get to page five or six... The lady takes a phone call, goes white and runs away, the supervisor comes out and apologises and says 'Please make a new appointment. We then had to go to India for a month for personal reasons(Bombay in the monsoon is not an experience I'd recommend) We return and try to make a new appointment... But this is the school holidays and Jobcentres are full of school leavers getting new NI numbers... A month later one turns up... We go along and get the forms filled in. The letter comes about four weeks later, and has the wrong name on it... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: d4g4h4 on 29 May 2007 08:53 The Reid <dontuse(a)fellwalk.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007 12:57:38 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >> they may be stolen or invalidated > > > >And so might all my cash- what a silly argument. > > keep a 100 E note where the sun dont shine > > >> we spend up to about �3000 at a guess. > > > >It's quite possible that you are paying up to �150 for the privilege of > >doing so. > > > >> >you could easily be > >> >paying �50 for the privilege- I'd enquire from your bank about the > >> >charges, or have a look at your statements. > >> > >> so what should we do instead of cards? > > > >Open a nationwide account for the express purpose of travelling abroad- > >then fill it up before you go. You will pay a fraction of what you > >currently do. Regardless, it's your money, you should really get a > >better idea of the costs here- it's partly because people often don't > >bother to check how much they're getting fleeced that the banks get away > >with it. > > Carols an accountant, she hates doing money stuff on her own time. How much is her time worth- it takes a few minutes to apply. That's got to be worth at least �150. > How > do I draw from the Nationwide ac? Debitcard? Yes, either by using it to pay for purchases abroad, or to withdraw money from an ATM abroad. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: The Reid on 29 May 2007 09:10 On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:53:09 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >> Carols an accountant, she hates doing money stuff on her own time. > >How much is her time worth- it takes a few minutes to apply. That's got >to be worth at least �150. its not a matter of costing the time, she just cant be bothered doing financial outside work. Its like you composing on your free time, er..... -- Mike Reid Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk" email me at "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk"
From: d4g4h4 on 29 May 2007 09:11 The Reid <dontuse(a)fellwalk.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:53:09 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >> Carols an accountant, she hates doing money stuff on her own time. > > > >How much is her time worth- it takes a few minutes to apply. That's got > >to be worth at least �150. > > its not a matter of costing the time, she just cant be bothered doing > financial outside work. Its like you composing on your free time, > er..... Yes, indeed, er. I don't really think that the simple task of opening a bank account is what I'd call account's work. Anyway, you can do it. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: Keith Anderson on 29 May 2007 09:13
On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:40:20 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: ><jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On 29 mei, 13:57, d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor >> (*)) wrote: >> >> > Open a nationwide account >> >> Open a nationwide account, you say? Is that right? A nationwide >> account? :) > >Yes! :) > >How much do you want a bet they'll raise the charges tomorrow! :) Hmmm - following this thread with interest. Hopefully towards the end of June I'll have shedloads of sterling - need to convert most of it to Euros to move abroad. Any ideas as to the cheapest way of doing this, anyone? Thanks in advance, Keith, Bristol, UK |