Do An Post not want money any more ? I know they have to comply with money laundering legislation, but it looks like they are taking a very, very strict line these days. I would have thought there was more of a problem with running out of money than money laundering in the current environment.
I just went to buy some savings certificates and savings bonds for my kids. I thought I had all the 'i's dotted and the 't's crossed. I had the form filled out, the kids RSI numbers entered, their savings accounts (with An Post) referenced on the form, everything done as far as I knew.
When I went to the Post Office I was asked for the documentation . . . passport, household bills, etc . . . I said these guys aren't going to have household bills for the next 10 years and was told I needed my household bills and their passport. Even though they have already been identified (they have An Post savings accounts) fully previously ? Apparently this doesn't count any more.
So, I now have to return with the two kids, their passports & my own household bill. And what exactly will this prove ? Nothing. It will 'prove' that I live at my address. It will not prove that they live there. It will prove that mini-zag #2 looks nothing like he did 8 years ago in his passport photo. Incidentally, the form I picked up at the Post Office just says that existing customers need to provide details of their existing account number but the people behind the counter said it had changed recently.
This is just plain crazy. Paperwork gone mad. This is exactly why I put no money with An Post over the last few years. Now that their rates beat anything else on the market I will probably have to do whatever they demand next, but if they add in a random condition about queueing up in my jocks (about as relevant as having one of my household bills) I think I'll revert to Anglo . . .
I know that a lot of people have stopped buying Prize Bonds as presents for nieces, nephews, children, etc . . . because there is no possible way they can provide documentation for someone aged only a few days or someone who they are buying a present for.
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I just went to buy some savings certificates and savings bonds for my kids. I thought I had all the 'i's dotted and the 't's crossed. I had the form filled out, the kids RSI numbers entered, their savings accounts (with An Post) referenced on the form, everything done as far as I knew.
When I went to the Post Office I was asked for the documentation . . . passport, household bills, etc . . . I said these guys aren't going to have household bills for the next 10 years and was told I needed my household bills and their passport. Even though they have already been identified (they have An Post savings accounts) fully previously ? Apparently this doesn't count any more.
So, I now have to return with the two kids, their passports & my own household bill. And what exactly will this prove ? Nothing. It will 'prove' that I live at my address. It will not prove that they live there. It will prove that mini-zag #2 looks nothing like he did 8 years ago in his passport photo. Incidentally, the form I picked up at the Post Office just says that existing customers need to provide details of their existing account number but the people behind the counter said it had changed recently.
This is just plain crazy. Paperwork gone mad. This is exactly why I put no money with An Post over the last few years. Now that their rates beat anything else on the market I will probably have to do whatever they demand next, but if they add in a random condition about queueing up in my jocks (about as relevant as having one of my household bills) I think I'll revert to Anglo . . .
I know that a lot of people have stopped buying Prize Bonds as presents for nieces, nephews, children, etc . . . because there is no possible way they can provide documentation for someone aged only a few days or someone who they are buying a present for.
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