Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Santander Green Lanes is closing..
Just got a letter in the post telling me that our local Santander branch is closing at the end of June.
For anyone who banks in person or runs a business, this coupled with the impending closure Post Office is going to be a real blow 
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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Thanks Gordon
Mine is a slightly different letter and does not have the 'offending' paragraph.
Much appreciated and yes a real irony,
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Permalink Reply by Paul Harding on
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Perhaps the ATM can be altered to dispense a piping hot doner kebab.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Unwanted bread and salad ?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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"I think Banks and by implication the Post Office are facing rising costs and a lot of their business is now conducted online. They are closing scaling back their high street operations. "
So you think their costs are going up and that's the only reason they're scaling back? They were privatised and since then it's been nothing but scale back. If I miss a package I have to go to Kentish Town to get it now.
The banks are in a bind because of their business model. They create money by magicing it into your account with a few key presses and then charge you interest on it (you see it as a loan). The interest is very, very low now so yes, pressure.
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Royal Mail (deliveries) - privatised.
Post Office Counters - not. Yet. But running a similar business model.
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The post office in Wood Green has moved to the back of Whsmiths. Very clever idea by smiths I thought.
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Once it moves there will be no advantage to me continuing to have a Santander current account and I will be moving my account to a bank that offers greater rewards. \\\have been thinking of doing so for a while, but now I have no reason not to.
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The bum that lives in the doorway will be ecstatic. Now he won't have to make and clear out his bed before 9 am.
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Such sympathy. It's almost like you don't ever think "there but for the grace of god go I".
Maybe you should.
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Permalink Reply by kotkas on
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What rewards did the branch offer? I haven't set foot in a bank branch in years. Bank branches will go the way of Blockbuster, with a few sprinkled around high streets functioning as a form of showroom. That's it and frankly good riddance - if the costs they cut end up in their recapitalisation and are eventually being passed on to consumers (which they should) it's a change for the better.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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I pay off my credit card with a cheque. If people can get nostalgic about gasholders, I have the right to use paper
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