Try asking for something like £40,000 in cash? It makes bank staff into dribbling idiots. I had to go back after hours, convince at least 4 senior staff that I wasn't being conned, explain exactly what it was for, and leave by the back entrance with a bag over my head - well not the last bit. Whilst pleased they were now taking things seriously, I kept thinking is it worth it just to get to my own money?
And a warning. I paid a £250 cheque into the bank via an auto. machine, the cheque was made out in joint names to my wife and I, but I paid it into my own account, as it was actually for me. The machine accepted it but a week later I had a letter saying it had to be paid into a joint account, not my personal account. OK, give me the cheque and I'll clear it through our joint account and transfer the funds. But no, the bank had destroyed the cheque so I couldn't do that. I was told to get another cheque, however the person I got the cheque off first time, was unknown to me, so I couldn't ask for another (yes, I know, I know,) so that was that, lost £250 through the banks policy. I have had a complaint pending for at least 3 months now, which I must chase, but you all know what will eventually happen..........
