Offfshore banking - for students!
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Ever had an off-shore bank account? Ever been a student at university living off a tiny annual loan? Ever heard of a bank manager offering a poor student an off-shore bank account? I can answer yes to all three questions. I was that student in that bank receiving the keys to that tax-free account in Jersey.
Talk about surreal. And funny too, having the same financial privacy and non-tax-paying privileges as the world's wealthiest people.
Imagine, I am making a toll free call to the Bank in Jersey to ask about the balance on my account (A few too many checks had gone out for books and rent.) The person who took my call talked to me like I was Onassis or Rockefeller, as well I might have been. The tone of their voice was a mix of reverence and enthusiasm. I was grinning from ear to ear, basking in the self importance. Then, of course, the tone of the person's voice changed as they saw my account details on the screen. From austere and reverent, he became a quick fire garbled street talker
Yeah, well, guv, it looks like you need to chuck some more dough in there, else we'll 'ave to charge yer a few quid for bounced checks. Bye, mate.
Oh, how the mighty are fallen. I closed my account some time later, crippled by the £50 a year account charge. All I can say on the positive side is that I am probably the only ex-student with that story to tell. Unless you know otherwise?
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Ed the Editor's personal blog corner
Ever had an off-shore bank account? Ever been a student at university living off a tiny annual loan? Ever heard of a bank manager offering a poor student an off-shore bank account? I can answer yes to all three questions. I was that student in that bank receiving the keys to that tax-free account in Jersey.
Talk about surreal. And funny too, having the same financial privacy and non-tax-paying privileges as the world's wealthiest people.
Imagine, I am making a toll free call to the Bank in Jersey to ask about the balance on my account (A few too many checks had gone out for books and rent.) The person who took my call talked to me like I was Onassis or Rockefeller, as well I might have been. The tone of their voice was a mix of reverence and enthusiasm. I was grinning from ear to ear, basking in the self importance. Then, of course, the tone of the person's voice changed as they saw my account details on the screen. From austere and reverent, he became a quick fire garbled street talker
Yeah, well, guv, it looks like you need to chuck some more dough in there, else we'll 'ave to charge yer a few quid for bounced checks. Bye, mate.
Oh, how the mighty are fallen. I closed my account some time later, crippled by the £50 a year account charge. All I can say on the positive side is that I am probably the only ex-student with that story to tell. Unless you know otherwise?
If you ever miss a day without Pisstakers, you can find a daily snapshot of The Pisstakers Satire Blog Posts (ie the homepage) in the archives
Enjoy the content.
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