Closing AIB a/c due to 40 million bonuses and bail out

DIRTY69 · 14-12-2010 7:37pm #1

Done.

kaiser sauze · 14-12-2010 9:10pm

lol

Who did you move to, if you don't mind me asking?

DIRTY69 · 14-12-2010 9:30pm

I did a bit of research on ethical banking, Triodos seem very good for savings accounts. Current accounts are limited in Ireland, but I'll go with Permanent TSB until I find something better in Ireland. I'm going to refuse to support AIB even that I don't have much mula anyway. The talk of the 40 million bonus this week was the final straw tbh.

There is a real shortage of any kind of ethical banking institutions in Ireland, it's a huge gap in the market, even when you compare to the UK.

Speaking of which ethicalconsumer.org did an interesting bit on ethical banking.
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/money/currentaccounts.aspx

FutureGuy · 14-12-2010 11:55pm

funnily enough, I was going to start a thread saying if these bankers do get their bonuses, I'm withdrawing all my cash and taking my business away from AIB.

I wonder how they would reach if a sizeable chunk of their customers did likewise.

Blackjack · 15-12-2010 12:01am

FutureGuy wrote: »

funnily enough, I was going to start a thread saying if these bankers do get their bonuses, I'm withdrawing all my cash and taking my business away from AIB.

I wonder how they would reach if a sizeable chunk of their customers did likewise.

By having more money pumped into them by the Government.

DIRTY69 · 15-12-2010 12:55am

Blackjack wrote: »

By having more money pumped into them by the Government.

91 people x 40 million = (me washing my hands from the filthy trailer scumbags)

What's right is right, what's wrong is wrong.

They may get their bonuses, and maybe we can't stop that, but at least we can say one thing, as I can now say.

Not in my name.

Blackjack · 15-12-2010 1:08am

DIRTY69 wrote: »

91 people x 40 million = (me washing my hands from the filthy trailer scumbags)

What's right is right, what's wrong is wrong.

They may get their bonuses, and maybe we can't stop that, but at least we can say one thing, as I can now say.

Not in my name.

Your choice, but thems are the consequences.
as an aside - I think you may have meant to use a different Mathematical symbol other than "x".

Toots · 15-12-2010 1:47am

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1214/1224285490502.html

The bonuses are not being paid now.

kaiser sauze · 15-12-2010 1:52am

Toots* wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1214/1224285490502.html

The bonuses are not being paid now.

...and that decision is being challenged by all of them now.

Hard to see a judge deciding this in the moral and/or public interest.

vintac34 · 15-12-2010 2:19am

Well if they get paid this bonus from an insolvent state supported bank.......

Well all i can say or/do is.. I AM CLOSING MY ACCOUNT!!!!Hope others follow..

That should wake them up!!!

tHE vAGGABOND · 15-12-2010 2:14pm

Hard to see a judge deciding this in the moral and/or public interest

Judges make their decision based on the law, not based on what the listeners of joe duffy think

Retail Hell · 15-12-2010 2:20pm

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Judges make their decision based on the law, not based on what the listeners of joe duffy think

Cookie_Monster · 15-12-2010 2:22pm

DIRTY69 wrote: »

Not in my name.

but it is cos you're part of the taxpayers bailing them out

CiaranC · 15-12-2010 2:23pm

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Judges make their decision based on the law, not based on what the listeners of joe duffy think

Which one, the one which applies to bankers or the one which applies to the rest of us?

BuffyBot · 15-12-2010 5:52pm

This isn't really the forum for a debate on the rights/wrongs of the bonus. I'm leaving this thread open (for the moment), as it's verging on potentially useful to those who may wish to move their accounts from AIB and who are looking for an alternative provider.

Any off-topic posts from here on in will be deleted.

kaiser sauze · 15-12-2010 6:23pm

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

Judges make their decision based on the law, not based on what the listeners of joe duffy think

Aren't you very clever, to know the way a judge does deal with cases before him.

Where is your altar, so I may worship at it?

kaiser sauze · 15-12-2010 6:24pm

Retail Hell wrote: »

Are you one of the 90?

Toots · 15-12-2010 6:38pm

Guys, Buffybot has already issued an on thread warning on debating the right/wrong issue of this topic. From now on any off topic nonsense or sniping will earn the user a ban and the thread will be locked.

BuffyBot · 16-12-2010 1:23am

Off-topic posts deleted. Two mod warnings in thread. Folks - pay heed

BrianD · 16-12-2010 8:18pm

Hi why are posts that are relevant to the topic being deleted?

if the rights/wrongs can't be mentioned then the thread is irrelevant and should be renamed. It's pointless! It's a knee jerk reaction to state that all bonus payments are wrong. It highlights both the political and financial immaturity of all too many Irish people. There's an opportunity to discuss it here.

Can the thread be changed to "Find me a bank that has not been externally supported and does not have any form of bonus payments to it's employees".

DIRTY69 · 16-12-2010 8:38pm

The same people who own and have interests in the IMF are the same people that own and have interests in AIB. The Rothchild family.

GSPfan · 16-12-2010 9:30pm

I came on boards to look for this exact thread. I am closing my AIB bank account as soon as possible. I am just fed up of all their BS. I also have a BOI account that I have not used in 10 years and I think i have about 5euro in but I'm closing that too.

My gf works for Ulster Bank and I think I'm better off with them as she thinks they are very good.

If only I could get my mortgage away from BOI then I'd be delighted. They have done nothing but Fook me over from the start.

ninebeanrows · 16-12-2010 9:40pm

all Irish banks are shocking.

AIB and BOI are both inept.

The BOI crash the other day illustrates their inefficiencies!

And the fact that their system failed and i won't be getting paid till Monday instead of tomorrow may have an impact on my opinion but generally BOI are muck.

DIRTY69 · 16-12-2010 10:25pm

GSPfan wrote: »

I came on boards to look for this exact thread. I am closing my AIB bank account as soon as possible. I am just fed up of all their BS. I also have a BOI account that I have not used in 10 years and I think i have about 5euro in but I'm closing that too.

My gf works for Ulster Bank and I think I'm better off with them as she thinks they are very good.

If only I could get my mortgage away from BOI then I'd be delighted. They have done nothing but Fook me over from the start.

They are rumored to have started the mortgage crisis

Blackjack · 16-12-2010 10:26pm

DIRTY69 wrote: »

They are rumored to have started the mortgage crisis

Hah?.
What Mortgage crisis, and how would they have started it?

Toots · 16-12-2010 11:05pm

DIRTY69 wrote: »

They are rumored to have started the mortgage crisis

And with that I think we're done here. As Buffybot said, the thread was being left open for people to discuss alternative banking arrangements if they were closing their AIB accounts, not to spout unfounded rubbish like this.

Thread locked.

Closing AIB a/c due to 40 million bonuses and bail out

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