Earthmetal

All today, A lovely assortment with impeccable service from @iacabu & @theman73

Cheers. Might be worth attempting to speak with a human at Lloyds to ask if they have similar.

Do you use the HSBC website? How do you gain access?

Cheers. I actually understood the first three sentences.

Well, Petra, with the total absence of any other advice, it looks like I'm going Nationwide!

I can't see how proving you're in a rough area means you're more likely to get cash stolen than your cards and phone.

What?

Same here, but the security issue escapes me. Surely a thief could just take the collection of plastic cards that most people have and make a number of contactless purchases very easily? I try to carry £50-£250 on me. At the moment it's quite a bit more than that as I recently sold a couple of car parts (cash). Surely that's still way less than the value of the latest Applsung Mongmaster S99i that these non-cash pillocks swank around with?

A bit of a resurrection here, but I notice Ebay is far cheaper for new sets than direct from Lego. Are there good fakes about that look like the real deal?

Very close to generic bullion price for a mega-low mintage proof? Cracking deal there for someone.

Crikey! That's a lot of milk!

Except at the petrol station.

There's a few Youtube videos showing the Kee Tester working well when used properly. The results it gives are backed up by acid tests and found to be correct.

Great info thanks, I did see a vid of someone using a black stone to scratch silver against to test if plated. I'll get a bottle ordered.

Thanks very much, so I don't need one of those kits with five different bottles and a black stone?

Barrels along quite well, goes like a bullet really. I had them in my sights after seeing them in a magazine I was rifling through, then finally pulled the trigger and got one.

I don't own a chemical based silver testing kit. I'd like to rectify that. Apparently some are rubbish though.

Great! I'm also in the United Kingdom. Let me know when you can do my hedges.

I took a de-activated AK47 Assault rifle in part-ex for a car.

I doubt anyone is suggesting to be cash only. It is possible, but impracticable. The thing is to use cash whenever & wherever practicable. In @GoldDiggerDave's petrol station analogy I'd have put in a moderate amount and driven to a different station to fill up and pay cash. Many stations even have a cash dispenser outside the shop so there really is no excuse. That's impressive. Why not petrol?

Add Clarence & the SMP bar to my current order please.

I see Nationwide do current accounts, I didn't realise that. They also have an 8% savings account.

Thanks. What's the card reader for? EDIT I see now it's for logging on instead of a passcode.

I'm with Lloyds. I can no longer log into my own account without receiving a telephone call from them 'for my security'... It is getting very tiresome. If I want to send money to someone I have not before, I have to: 1) log on with username & password 2) fetch the telephone to receive a code. 3) wait while a computer tells me a load of cobblers (deliberately making it longer and more difficult) before giving me the code 4) enter the code into their website. At this point I am 'in'. 5) enter new recipients details etc. 6) answer the 'phone AGAIN for a new code (after the needlessly lengthy intro yet again). 7) enter the code, the payment is then made. As you can see far from ideal. I DID also have their 'app' on my old mobile 'phone that I still have from when I used to use one. I needed to use that when I wanted to pay in a cheque as that cannot be done via their website, however they have now decided my mobile is Jailbroken (It isn't) and flatly refuse to let me use the app, their 'Customer Service' told me to "get it repaired at a shop". There is nothing wrong with the phones operating system, it's probably just now 'obsolete'. Anyway, I'd love to hear from anyone who also prefers to use a banks website rather than an 'App', and whether such a thing still exists as a user-friendly bank. I'm convinced they will all eventually go the same way as the global system wants everyone to use a mobile device and they hate it when you don't. But, if I could hold out a while longer I should be glad. If you've made it this far, thank you for reading.

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