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Need a €175 Bank Draft

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  • 21-02-2018 3:12pm
    #1
    JuliaGelezova
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi team, 

    I need to get a €175 Bank Draft to the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality. The Dept. of Justice only accepts bank drafts, so there is no way around it. I've contacted BOI customer services and was told no exception will be made for me as a customer, because your policy is minimum €500 bank draft. 

    I know exceptions have been made for customers in the past for this particular reason and need to avail of the same. 

    Please advise,
    Julia


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    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


    It's confirmed in this thread that you can get one for less than €500 for Government payments.

    https://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057842170

    Seems like staff don't know this.


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    JuliaGelezova
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭JuliaGelezova


    Wheety wrote: »
    It's confirmed in this thread that you can get one for less than €500 for Government payments.

    Seems like staff don't know this.
    Yes, this seems to be it! I have googled this extensively and saw that exceptions are possible, yet when I contacted BOI I hit a wall. Basically, the staff are not informed!


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    Bank of Ireland: Darren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Bank of Ireland: Darren


    JuliaGelezova wrote: »
    Hi team, 

    I need to get a €175 Bank Draft to the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality. The Dept. of Justice only accepts bank drafts, so there is no way around it. I've contacted BOI customer services and was told no exception will be made for me as a customer, because your policy is minimum €500 bank draft. 

    I know exceptions have been made for customers in the past for this particular reason and need to avail of the same. 

    Please advise,
    Julia

    Hi Julia,

    Thanks for getting in touch with us here.

    Once the Draft is for a governmental agency and you inform the cashiers in the branch of this they should then be able to issue a Draft for you for this amount. I'd ask you to have your Bank of Ireland account details and photo ID with you when purchasing this draft.

    Thanks again,
    Darren.


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    Califorian
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Califorian


    Hi I have a similar dilemma. I am not a BOI customer and bank with Danske bank. Is it possible to go into a BOI branch with cash and pay for a draft for €175 to the Dept of Justice?


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    Bank of Ireland: Darren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Bank of Ireland: Darren


    Califorian wrote: »
    Hi I have a similar dilemma. I am not a BOI customer and bank with Danske bank.  Is it possible to go into a BOI branch with cash and pay for a draft for €175 to the Dept of Justice?

    Hi Califorian,

    Thanks for the question.
    You would need to be a Bank of Ireland account holder to purchase any kind of Draft from us. I'd ask you to contact your account holding bank and query this with them.

    Thanks again,
    Darren.


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    Denelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Denelle


    Hi there.
    I have just tried to go to a BOI branch in Sandyford and I was told that I need an account to get any bank drafts. When I said I did not have an account the agent walked away from me without giving me the time of day to explain why I needed one, and to see if the exception for a government agency draft applied to me. 

    So to ask a very clear question. If there is an exception for BOI to issue a bank draft for a Government agency for an amount less than €500, Do I need to also be BOI customer (Have an account with BOI) As someone else mentioned, Its not ideal to have to open an account just to get a one time Bank Draft. I appreciate your response.


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    Bank of Ireland: John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 204 ✭✭Bank of Ireland: John


    Denelle wrote: »
    Hi there.
    I have just tried to go to a BOI branch in Sandyford and I was told that I need an account to get any bank drafts. When I said I did not have an account the agent walked away from me without giving me the time of day to explain why I needed one, and to see if the exception for a government agency draft applied to me. 

    So to ask a very clear question. If there is an exception for BOI to issue a bank draft for a Government agency for an amount less than €500, Do I need to also be BOI customer (Have an account with BOI) As someone else mentioned, Its not ideal to have to open an account just to get a one time Bank Draft. I appreciate your response.


    Hi Denelle,

    Thank you for getting in touch.

    As advised by my colleague above you would need to be a Bank of Ireland customer to purchase a draft in a BOI Branch.

    If you check with your holding bank they may offer the same service.

    Many Thanks.

    John


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