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Don't get a YB account!

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After never having a transaction declined on the basis of 'fraud' - today I found myself in a terribly stressful and upsetting situation. My wife has chronic epilepsy, we married very young (this year) - she always says she's scared of SUDEP. We have both been life-long fans of Cher and for the 1st time in 14 years (also the last) Cher is performing in the UK. We planned the purchase of the tickets months in advance and today, for absolutely no reason other than some strange algorithm/policy my card was declined by Yorkshire Bank directly. This meant the amount we were gifted by a family member for the tickets (£150) was not enough as on my next try, the tickets came to £208. I was crying & on the phone to YB, explaining how important this is to my wife & myself - It is a once in a lifetime opportunity, especially for someone so heavily disabled. We did not get the tickets due to Yorkshire Bank's idiocy of flagging a fraudulent transaction I would advise every consumer & business to leave Yorkshire Bank if they hold and account and to never open one with them - This could be you one day. My boss, the owner of a micro Ltd company, could hear me crying on the phone and knew what this would mean to my Wife Sophie, so he went behind my back and purchased them while I was on the phone with YB. Now, I am in debt to him of more than we were gifted for the tickets purely down to YB - but I am grateful nonetheless. This is the second terrible issue I have had with YB. When me and my wife first opened an account, we were treated very unfavourably by the clerks at White Rose Y/B. They at first did not want to scan our proof of identification and said it wasn't their job - whilst looking down at my wife who was in a wheel-chair due to suffering bad seizures and talking to each other about us - It took Yorkshire Bank over 1 month to open our account so that we could deposit our wedding cheques (we put the majority in a different account due to this issue) When I called for an update almost 3 weeks later I was told our documents, dated around 30 days prior were marked as 'OUT OF DATE'! but they admitted nobody had bothered to call us to inform us. We absolutely believe this was down to us being in a same sex relationship, as there is no other possible explanation We are bringing this to the attention of the press with the help of a journalist acquaintance - I hope we can get it out so far that Cher herself reads the article Reviewed on: 13th December 2018