Student bank accounts today.

HSBC gives you free Amazon Prime for a year, an £80 Amazon voucher, credit card, free overdraft (£1000 per year so £3000 after 3 years).

I got no overdraft and as an enticement to join them 4 (four) blank cassettes (TDK AD, ask your parents, kids). And they were 60s, not 90s. I could dream of a credit card, if I so wished.

However, in recompense, in those days it wasn't standard to have to get AAB to get into an even half-decent university and I didn't have to pay through the nose for the privilege or try to get accommodation through some weird student housing company.

*walks away mumbling about the state of the world today*

Posted By: APB on August 29th 2018 at 13:50:16

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Student bank accounts today. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 29, 13:50:16
- When I went to Sheffield (1988) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 29, 14:30:09
  - I got a free young person’s railcard for three years in the early noughties (General Chat) - King, Aug 29, 18:07:20
  - Booo! Boycott Barclays! Put an end to their investment in South Africa! (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 29, 14:48:19
    - Yeah and don't fill up my Triumph Herald with Shell 4 star, (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 15:14:12
    - Said Theresa May, never. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Aug 29, 15:04:38
    - Right on sister. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Aug 29, 15:02:45
- I went to work and wasn't a drain on society 😉 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Aug 29, 14:11:54
- I got a full grant, unemployment benefit in the summer, housing benefit (General Chat) - Old Man, Aug 29, 13:54:11
  - I think in the late 80s some parents made a killing out of having kids at university. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 29, 14:35:32
  - No grant for me but I worked every summer. Kitchens, warehouses etc. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 29, 14:23:57
  - I got all that and a special ring binder from Nat West to put my statements in. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 29, 14:23:31

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