Comments on: Bank of Ireland quietly axes Blue American Express Credit Card http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/ The musings of a team of 20 something friends in Cork, Ireland Tue, 22 May 2012 03:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: David http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13585 David Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:37:35 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13585 Hi all Bank of Ireland are trying to get people to change over to a 2-1 card of there owen.They are discountin amex from NOV/1 2009 WILL THEY REPAY €30 GOV/LEVY. The best card in Ireland is gone. Hi all

Bank of Ireland are trying to get people to change over to a 2-1 card of there owen.They are discountin amex from NOV/1 2009 WILL THEY REPAY €30 GOV/LEVY. The best card in Ireland is gone.

]]> By: SerialComplainer http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13512 SerialComplainer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:51:22 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13512 BoyBlue - See http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=118343 for more news on the Amex Blue withdrawal. BoyBlue - See http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=118343 for more news on the Amex Blue withdrawal.

]]> By: BoyBlue http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13508 BoyBlue Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:54:32 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-13508 I've had an AMEX blue card for a few years and can't believe that more people aren't using it - 1% back (anywhere you can use an AMEX card which is a lot of places now). But I got a letter from Bank of Ireland this month (Aug 09), saying that due to a lack of demand for the card they were terminating it. This is outrageous ! The only decent credit card in Ireland and it is being quietly killed. Why aren't more people using it and will American Express enter the market with their blue card ? Please, please do ! I’ve had an AMEX blue card for a few years and can’t believe that more people aren’t using it - 1% back (anywhere you can use an AMEX card which is a lot of places now).

But I got a letter from Bank of Ireland this month (Aug 09), saying that due to a lack of demand for the card they were terminating it.

This is outrageous ! The only decent credit card in Ireland and it is being quietly killed.

Why aren’t more people using it and will American Express enter the market with their blue card ? Please, please do !

]]> By: Serial Complainer http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12763 Serial Complainer Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:44:46 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12763 Gamma's comments are not correct in relation to the Amex Blue card. All Amex Blue dealings are through BOI/Centurion in Blackrock, not the UK. I did find BOI very helpful when dealing with a transaction with a misplaced decimal point (€3,800 instead of €38.00!) a couple of years back. See http://serialcomplainer.com/?p=29 for details of incorrect Amex signage from a major retailer. Gamma’s comments are not correct in relation to the Amex Blue card. All Amex Blue dealings are through BOI/Centurion in Blackrock, not the UK. I did find BOI very helpful when dealing with a transaction with a misplaced decimal point (€3,800 instead of €38.00!) a couple of years back. See http://serialcomplainer.com/?p=29 for details of incorrect Amex signage from a major retailer.

]]> By: admin http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12720 admin Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:44:15 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12720 BOI don't issue AmEx charge cards, but they did issue the Blue AmEx Credit Card as recently as early 2007 BOI don’t issue AmEx charge cards, but they did issue the Blue AmEx Credit Card as recently as early 2007

]]> By: Gamma Goblin http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12719 Gamma Goblin Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:08:18 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12719 Oh I meant to add. BOI cut all ties with AmEx a few years back, thats why they no longer issue cards and why card holders now have to settle balances by sending cheques to the UK. Oh I meant to add. BOI cut all ties with AmEx a few years back, thats why they no longer issue cards and why card holders now have to settle balances by sending cheques to the UK.

]]> By: Gamma Goblin http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12718 Gamma Goblin Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:58:48 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2007/12/29/bank-of-ireland-quietly-axes-blue-american-express-credit-card/#comment-12718 I had an AmEx card since 1998. The only time I ever needed it (apart from intenert purchases) was on a trip to Italy in 2000. As luck would have it it was the one week where there was some kind of trouble with the italian AmEx people and the hotel couldn't process my card. So there I was, stranded with a bill and a hotel manager looking a bit cross at me. Thankfully I was able to max out my cirus card from an ATM for three days and paid the bill off with cash. Another time they accused me of not paying a off my monthly balance even though the bank told me the cheque was drawn down. Finally when the whole Centurion thing disapeared I got wary of using a credit card where all correspondance was to an address in the UK. So, late last year I told them to shove their card up their bottom. I would have kept it as a back-up to my VISA card, but not when I had to pay greedy cunts in the governement €40 "luxuary" tax. I had an AmEx card since 1998. The only time I ever needed it (apart from intenert purchases) was on a trip to Italy in 2000. As luck would have it it was the one week where there was some kind of trouble with the italian AmEx people and the hotel couldn’t process my card. So there I was, stranded with a bill and a hotel manager looking a bit cross at me. Thankfully I was able to max out my cirus card from an ATM for three days and paid the bill off with cash.

Another time they accused me of not paying a off my monthly balance even though the bank told me the cheque was drawn down. Finally when the whole Centurion thing disapeared I got wary of using a credit card where all correspondance was to an address in the UK. So, late last year I told them to shove their card up their bottom. I would have kept it as a back-up to my VISA card, but not when I had to pay greedy cunts in the governement €40 “luxuary” tax.

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