I have an appointment with Lloyds next week. Bare in mind I'm not trying to sell the bank software, but they are getting cold feet about the idea of me selling a PC with software on.
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Bruno Girin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/11/11 10:20, Gareth France wrote: > >> Barclays are the ones who refused me. HSBC are the ones who seem to be >> allergic to software. I wonder if their own PC's had pre-installed OSs and >> if so where do the people they bought from bank? >> >> > Funny that, I didn't have any problem opening a business account with HSBC > a few years back. Then again, it was for a consultancy rather than a retail > business. What you may find is that it varies from one HSBC branch to > another. Have you tried Lloyds? They are currently claiming that they are > the best bank for small businesses so it may be worth checking if it's true > (disclaimer: I'm currently on a contract with Lloyds). Anyway, I could > understand if they were refusing credit but refusing to even open a > business account is just ridiculous. > > With regards to their cold feet about software, you have to understand > that large banks are very, very conservative when it comes to software: > they will only consider buying software if it comes from a very large > supplier (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Unisys, etc.) and has a very fat invoice > attached. Some of them are gradually coming to terms with the fact that > smaller suppliers like Red Hat are acceptable too. That attitude most > probably extends to their branch staff. > > Cheers, > > Bruno > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >
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