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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:10 AM (#21)

Fike, on 16 May 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

Most of my friends have bank accounts.

Go open one!

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:12 AM (#22)

callumacrae, on 16 May 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:

Go open one!

Got any points you think will convince my parents to let me open one?

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:17 AM (#23)

Fike, on 16 May 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

Got any points you think will convince my parents to let me open one?

So that you can open a paypal account?

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:22 AM (#24)

callumacrae, on 16 May 2012 - 11:17 AM, said:

So that you can open a paypal account?

Bank account, already have a PP account.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:29 AM (#25)

Fike, on 16 May 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

Bank account, already have a PP account.

So that you can verify your paypal account, then xD

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:32 AM (#26)

callumacrae, on 16 May 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:

So that you can verify your paypal account, then xD

Tried it xD

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:38 AM (#27)

First, ask your parents why you shouldn't have a bank account, on the sly, then you can prepare something to counter-act their arguments. Another method would be to ask for something more ridiculous and when they reject, you "settle" for a bank account.

I cant remember the name for that last method, I even read a Wikipedia page on it too. Anyone know of it?

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:40 AM (#28)

Renegade, on 16 May 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

First, ask your parents why you shouldn't have a bank account, on the sly, then you can prepare something to counter-act their arguments.

Might try it. What are your thoughts about http://www.aib.ie/pe...count-2nd-Level ?

EDIT: Seemed to have convinced my parents to get one.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 01:30 PM (#29)

I have an Ulster Bank account Fike. They're excellent, I've had it since I was 11. When I hit 13 they mailed me a VISA debit card and I've used that for all my online stuff since. And when you hit 18 they'll upgrade it to a Student or regular current account automatically, so you don't have to go closing and opening accounts.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 01:36 PM (#30)

AwesomezGuy, on 16 May 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

Yeah, was looking at them alright. Got a link to what account you had? What's their online banking like? And do they allow wire transfers on 2nd-level student accounts? Sorry, but I'm sort of new to banking.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:11 PM (#31)

I've got two bank accounts - A regular one I've had since I was 15, and a high-interest savings account I've had since I was 19 or 20.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:11 PM (#32)

Never used online banking with them. I was told I could last year but couldn't be bothered setting it up. Wire transfers? Haven't a clue. Im no banking expert.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:08 PM (#33)

Omg! Credit cards for minors? Hmmm, banks seemed to have found a new way to tie people to debt.

Unless, it's a debit type of card that can't over draft.

I see no problem with anybody of any age having a bank account. However, I can see parents teaching their children about money. We study calculus and physics at school and some probably could create the formula for crack in high school however, accounting and basic money skills are skipped over. Insanity!

I wished I had learned about money in school

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 12:17 AM (#34)

SapporoGuy, on 16 May 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Minors seem to use the terms debit card and credit card interchangeably and I have no idea why. In the UK at least, minors cannot have credit cards as it involves a contract.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 01:03 AM (#35)

Yeah, there seems to be some confusion.

Where I am, most people don't even know what "debit" is, and refer to any card used in relation to money a "credit" card.

No surprises that so many people find themselves tied down to enormous amount of debt.