Can we stop banks advertising?

angeljen · 10th October 2006, 14:39

If the banks charges are unlawful, they are advertising prices for services which are overpriced and are against the law.

Can we stop them advertising on any grounds, because they are acting unlawfully? i.e. by contacting whoever deals with false advertising, i.e. on TV? Or by contacting whoever promotes on the banks' behalves and informing them they are promoting a company which is acting unlawfully?

Just something I'm pondering.

Thinking of ways to attack the banks and really pig them off.

I'm so frustrated and angry by what I've recently been reading on the website. Banks are such money-grabbing poohs and I really want to pig them off as much as they've pigged off their customers.

meagain · 10th October 2006, 18:34

Criminals are under no obligation to reveal their dishonesty.

You can try complaining to the Advertising Standards Authority if you like, for all the good it'll do you. Originally, the banks were rapped for not making it clear in their advertising that fees are charged for arranging loans, early repayment, etc., so now these are made clear. Even if the arrangement fee is far more than reasonable (it doesn't cost them £600 to credit-check you and then arrange for payment from one of their own accounts to another of their own accounts), and early settlement charges are surely illegal (you charge interest on money that is owed - if an account is settled early, the money is no longer owed, so you don't get to charge interest on it).

Vital Spark · 14th November 2006, 23:19

Unfortunately the banks really hold the power over governments (in any country, I suppose) because they hold the finance.

Vital Spark · 14th November 2006, 23:20

I don't knwo waht's happened to my signature. It was working but it seems to have disappeared. I've returned to port and re saved it but nothing doing. Any sugestions?

elsinore · 15th November 2006, 01:35

Our signatures will now only appear ocasionally VS. Apparently it's been done to conserve space. Only Admin, Mods and Site Helpers will appear all the time.

Elsinore

Vital Spark · 15th November 2006, 10:26

Thanks! Sensible ruling, Elsinore.

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