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we have a jt credit card but I am the primary card holder, hubbys card broke so I rang for new one to some indian call centre they said hubby would have to ring and answer the security questions .
No matter how much I tried to explain that he wouldnt know the answers as they were MY security questions she didnt get it.

I gave up and rang a different number and spoke to someone in this country who was very appologetic and got him another card straight away.

They say be security aware but they wanted me o tell him all my security question dohhhhhhhhhh

It is not a sexist thing Elisabeth. My wife and I have several accounts, phone, bank, building society, utilities, etc. Some are in her name, some in mine. I have to get her to OK any telephone transaction on the ones in her name and vice versa. It is security that is the issue, not sexism.

Daff
You and I should be used to mearly being ..Wife of'....

Gwyn

Don't get me started on this one.........

Before we married I had a bank account in my maiden name.
After marrying I told them of name change and as we went abroad with huband's work and had a joint account, ...different bank...the 1st account was just left. We referred to it as our Rainy Day account but never touched it.

Move on a few years and we seemed to have settled in one place, I decided to do something about the 1st account but it was now dormant.
I got forms to sort this and they asked which bank account I wanted to use for any funds.
.....and what was my husband's annual income?

What did that have to do with it?

It was MY money and all I wanted to do was move it to a joint well-managed never-in-the-red account.
I didn't bother.

Gwyn

Ann it is so maddening, isn't it?

And whilst we are on the subject, it was only a couple of years ago that I was asked for my husband's signature on one of those buy now..interest free for 6 months furniture deals... but the account that was paying the dd was my own, the wages were my own, and the purchase was my own.... nothing to do with hubby at all!!


And there is more!!!

Grumpy old woman, that is what I am today, lol!!

Love

Daff xxx

mmmm I know what you mean, Elisabeth... had a similar problem when hubby was away serving in the 1st Gulf War.... had some very dodgy telephone calls, and wanted to have something done about it... they said they couldn't, as they needed the account holder to deal with it... as the payment came out of my own account, I eventually got it all sorted by threatening to with-hold payments and also to go to the National Press!

A couple of years lter, I converted my own bank account to a joint account.... my initial is A, his is R..... guess whose name appeared first on the very next letter confirming changeover details???


I know it's silly, but it really does niggle rather a lot!

Love

Daff xxx

sickening innit! Flaming jobsworth

Most of our accounts are joint, with my husband as the main holder on the credit cards. I do most of the shopping, apart from petrol in his car, keep track of our finances, pay the bills when they are due. I noticed today, when paying for shopping that my card is cracking (too much use over Christmas I suppose).

I have just rung the card provider to request a replacement, for the card which expires in two months anyway. I answered every security question the lady in some far off land posed and she assured me I could be issued a new card....... when the primary card holder contacts them to confirm it is ok.

I quite expected the final reply, but why go through all the security questions, when they knew they couldn't complete my request.

Feel better now for having a grumble ... and have to get the 'man of the house' to help his poor little wife this evening when he gets in from a hard day earning a crust.

Have a happy day.

Elisabeth