Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Banking bastards update before I get back to trying to catch up on all the time wasted on Barclays twats. Their official version is simply that as I hadn't updated my details they closed the account. Their story varied wildly depending on who you were talking to but a common theme was they were changing the way they ran the business accounts and as they had asked me to update my details and I had not responded they moved my money out and closed it. I believe hoping they'd never hear from me again and would keep the money as the last time I'd logged onto the main website was April last year. As they suspended access I couldn't see the latest account statements, all I could see was the money had been removed from my account and payed to 'Ntc Project' and commission payments to 'Gadbrook Park' which mean nothing to me other than a scammer had taken the money. I asked how exactly they had tried to contact me and they said they had written (utter bullshit, in fact I received a statement in the post today that goes up to the 13th Jan showing a healthy balance and no problems. If I hadn't been checking another account on their app and noticed it was missing I'd still be none the wiser. Not a phone call, letter, text or message via their banking app to say there's a problem or they're closing the account. But they will give me my money in the form of a cheque in the post, it will just take weeks! I'd guess they are shutting business accounts that are not profitable enough, when I opened it the account was far more generously structured than they are now, plus it was a dormant account apart from small savings so they chopped it. The reason the account was dormant is because Barclays fuck people over and behave poorly so we moved to Handlesbanken who charge more but behave properly. One day I'll tell you the story of the Barclays business manager who took £250,000 off Mr Slowly's dad and said "you'll be getting that back over my dead body" Had to go to court to recoup that. Then they had the bare face cheek to invite me multiple times to open another account. What absolute cunts. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 9 hours ago, XTreme said: -2 at 10AM and car covered in ice! FFS! Same here, thought i better check the marmite wagon as it hasn't been started for a long time as i thought battery is flat so go to charge it but the bonnet is frozen shut so that can wait until tomorrow 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Banking bastards update before I get back to trying to catch up on all the time wasted on Barclays twats. Their official version is simply that as I hadn't updated my details they closed the account. Their story varied wildly depending on who you were talking to but a common theme was they were changing the way they ran the business accounts and as they had asked me to update my details and I had not responded they moved my money out and closed it. I believe hoping they'd never hear from me again and would keep the money as the last time I'd logged onto the main website was April last year. As they suspended access I couldn't see the latest account statements, all I could see was the money had been removed from my account and payed to 'Ntc Project' and commission payments to 'Gadbrook Park' which mean nothing to me other than a scammer had taken the money. I asked how exactly they had tried to contact me and they said they had written (utter bullshit, in fact I received a statement in the post today that goes up to the 13th Jan showing a healthy balance and no problems. If I hadn't been checking another account on their app and noticed it was missing I'd still be none the wiser. Not a phone call, letter, text or message via their banking app to say there's a problem or they're closing the account. But they will give me my money in the form of a cheque in the post, it will just take weeks! I'd guess they are shutting business accounts that not profitable enough, when I opened it the account was far more generously structured than they are now, plus it was a dormant account apart from small savings so they chopped it. The reason the account was dormant is because Barclays fuck people over and behave poorly so we moved to Handlesbanken who charge more but behave properly. One day I'll tell you the story of the Barclays business manager who took £250,000 of Mr Slowly's dad and said "you'll be getting that back over my dead body" Had to go to court to recoup that. Then they had the bare face cheek to invite me multiple times to open another account. What absolute cunts. Absolute f*cking wankers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: One day I'll tell you the story of the Barclays business manager who took £250,000 of Mr Slowly's dad and said "you'll be getting that back over my dead body" I would have replied “okay, I will get it back off your successor”. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 11 hours ago, Saul said: Will it though, just some underpaid wage slave will have to deal with it and clean it up, Barclays won't give a monkeys either way. and they will still have Slowleys money. Yes but it would make you feel a lot better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 8 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Yes but it would make you feel a lot better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 11 hours ago, Buckster said: You need to film that shit. Who would film a shit....you deviant fucker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 We have a XR750 in today, it does look rather nice. @Buckster , you have my permission to copy these photos if you want a wank later 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, boboneleg said: We have a XR750 in today, it does look rather nice. @Buckster , you have my permission to copy these photos if you want a wank later Wicked cool bike! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, boboneleg said: We have a XR750 in today, it does look rather nice. @Buckster , you have my permission to copy these photos if you want a wank later Done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, boboneleg said: We have a XR750 in today, it does look rather nice. @Buckster , you have my permission to copy these photos if you want a wank later Fucking shed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 hours ago, XTreme said: Fucking shed! swap the front wheel with the yam next to it and then you have a machine, the old yam race bikes had brakes like that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, skyrider said: swap the front wheel with the yam next to it and then you have a machine, the old yam race bikes had brakes like that Why would you do that , the TZ250 has a twin disc front end .................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I just realized that within a week I’ll have been a member of the Horizons Unlimited forum for 20 years! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 6 hours ago, boboneleg said: We have a XR750 in today, it does look rather nice. looks rather nice .... are you mad, its fucking ugly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 49 minutes ago, Six30 said: looks rather nice .... are you mad, its fucking ugly It's one of the most competent race bikes ever, wash your tongue! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Pedro said: I just realized that within a week I’ll have been a member of the Horizons Unlimited forum for 20 years! Because I have no personal computer at the moment, only my work one, I am missing loads of bike stuff short cuts and that was one of them, I'd forgotten all about it. So I googled it, got my user name wrong a few times then managed to log in. 21 years and 40 weeks since I joined, probably 20 years since I posted anything. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 44 minutes ago, Pedro said: It's one of the most competent race bikes ever, wash your tongue! It may be , but it fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Six30 said: It may be , but it fell out the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down If the fairing was on it you would be touching yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 It’s an XRTT 750 by the way, not an XR750. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 10 hours ago, Buckster said: It’s an XRTT 750 by the way, not an XR750. Yes you tell him never did a post get me so exited and disappointed at the same time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Yes you tell him never did a post get me so exited and disappointed at the same time He might flounce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Had a better nights sleep last night, and apart from one of two bouts of hard coughing I haven't been too bad. My ribs and back are still painful because of the hard coughing, but the anti-inflammatories are helping a bit. This has been far worse than Covid, or any bout of flu I've ever had, so what the hell is it exactly? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: so what the hell is it exactly? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 15 hours ago, yen_powell said: Because I have no personal computer at the moment, only my work one, I am missing loads of bike stuff short cuts and that was one of them, I'd forgotten all about it. So I googled it, got my user name wrong a few times then managed to log in. 21 years and 40 weeks since I joined, probably 20 years since I posted anything. I've been on adv rider for 20 years and probably Horizons as well - I'll try to log in as you did - if I can - and see. Doubt I ever posted there though. edit: Almost 20 years - a few months to go . 3 whole posts too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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