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I would any day recommend a local bank. Foreign banks are quite mercenary and service is no where compared to what they offer in their home country or even in other 'developed' countries where they operate. Not that any local bank is different but on observation one comes to the conclusion that they...
by wp7200
Oct 13, 2008
 
Forum: Dubai Expat Help Forum
Topic: Bank in Dubai for expats
Replies: 11
Views: 8175

Emirates Islamic Bank credit Card - Promises not fulfilled

I have had terrible experience using EIB credit card. First and foremost, they don't send statements on time. I always have to check my statement online to see my transactions. As per their offer they were to credit 40K airmiles and till date (6 months since I got my card) they have not credited the...
by wp7200
Oct 24, 2008
 
Forum: Dubai Black list
Topic: Emirates Islamic Bank credit Card - Promises not fulfilled
Replies: 8
Views: 11553

I have lodged complaints on the phone and by a written letter. I have the complaint number but no response. Every time a different person picks up the phone and assures me someone will get back (this symptom is common in Standard Chartered also) and no one gets back. My complaint is pending for more...
by wp7200
Oct 26, 2008
 
Forum: Dubai Black list
Topic: Emirates Islamic Bank credit Card - Promises not fulfilled
Replies: 8
Views: 11553

Hey, I too am keen on learning Arabic..Though English is sufficient, I feel ad 'EhSteve' I need to learn Arabic. Looking for good teaching institute in Bur Dubai Area, near Bank street.
by wp7200
Dec 08, 2008
 
Forum: Dubai General Chat
Topic: Arabic Lessons
Replies: 6
Views: 2432

There has been a freeze on hiring in the banking industry and huge layoffs in the investment banking..given a choice of Pay cut vs Job loss with severance pay most of the guys in the organisation I worked for took the pay cut option. The redundancy package was 15 months basic.
by wp7200
Dec 08, 2008
 
Forum: Dubai General Chat
Topic: Pay Cut
Replies: 10
Views: 2004

I got the details from Emirates Islamic Bank post my cancellation of the card. The surprising thing is that I would be one of their big customer (atleast I would like to think so, with spends of atleast 15-20K per month and clearing the payment without any roll over) and they didn't even try to find...
by wp7200
Feb 14, 2009
 
Forum: Dubai Black list
Topic: Emirates Islamic Bank credit Card - Promises not fulfilled
Replies: 8
Views: 11553

I am not sure about this as I have seen locals also queue up..for eg., airports, you don't see any local jumping a queue. There may be a few who are in a great hurry..locals and expats alike..look at our roads, it is not only the locals who cut lanes..practically every one is cutting lanes. For me, ...
by wp7200
Feb 14, 2009
 
Forum: Dubai Black list
Topic: Local vs Expat Thread
Replies: 15
Views: 6236

Railway modellers/fans

Are there anyone in this forum who are into Railway modelling? I am a Rail modeller and am looking to find if there are anyone here who would be interested in building my model layout.
by wp7200
Mar 27, 2009
 
Forum: Dubai General Chat
Topic: Railway modellers/fans
Replies: 0
Views: 981


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