Hi I just visited a Nationwide branch to raise a cheque from my Flexaccount to a charity and was told that there is now a charge for this service. However, if I used my own cheque book which I received when I first opened the account there would be no charge. Seeing that I opened the account over 8 years ago, and never use cheques, I don’t have the cheque book to hand. They have now ordered me a new cheque book which will probably arrive in 10 days time. I will then use one cheque from the book and probably never use it again. So a few questions; · Why is it called counter draft charge on the website rather than a counter cheque? · Why is the £10 charge not levied against a counter cheque if I’m the payee? · There is now a cost to Nationwide for printing a cheque book and sending it to me Do all banks now find these varying ways of raising money from their customers? Is there a bank that doesn’t fleece their customers? Nationwide no longer feels like a Building Society to me, more like a Bank putting money before its customers. Thank you