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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:50 AM Original message |
Bank of America to Raise $5 Debit Card Fee Threshold to $20,000 |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because they can... |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your average BoA customer is not going to have that kind of money |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Read the entire NYT article. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well, for starters, you've already bailed out BoA |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes I agree. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You don't use checks over and over, and they must be printed |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Banks used to charge for processing each check. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Interesting |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I have never in my life seen or heard of that |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I think I will make a thread tomorrow, "Being a bank customer in 1955 versus now." |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Thread delayed until tomorrow. Have to run errands today. N/T |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. I remember those days |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Yep. I opened my first checking account in 1966 ..... |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. They should have just left the swipe fees alone |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. If you can buy a cheaper bridge somewhere else, why not? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. BofA is thumping their nose at us |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Totally Asinine Comment |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Deleted message |
ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Yeah, because they're always following the law, right? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. We had an example within the last week of people being denied access to BoA.. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Move your money, move your money, move your money. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That will make the big banks happy |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. So those quarterly billion dollar profits are not enough? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Not all of the people inclined to withdraw their funds are small accounts. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. They're doubling down. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not getting it, are you? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Loan demand is too small? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. You don't understand. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Absolute bullshit! |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Hard data coming up |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Thanks for the help. N/T |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. This is why the bailouts were bad |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Net Interest Margin Doesn't Lie |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Interesting story about this on MSNBC this morning...banks have too much money. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. I can't wait to see all the customers closing their Bank of America |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. Both banks we use are locally owned |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. This was a bad bad move on BofA's part. The customers they need- the ones with money- are leaving |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. why get angry |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. If I had a checking account at B of A, I'd close it. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. ehhh |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. My credit card number was compromised due to me falling for a scam. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. any reputable bank or cu would do that for you |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. BoA has excellent fraud protection |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I am on your side. I have been a BoA customer for over |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. I corresponded with a financial advisor from Merril Lynch recently. |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Minor correction... |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's not what I found. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Government should have left swipe fees alone |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. You're forgetting the cost of fraud. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I stand corrected regarding interchange fees. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I would encourage anyone to at least maintain some banking relationship with a CB or CU |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. Why are people still banking with those greedy assholes? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. because it's a pain in the ass to move accts. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Because if your credit is less than perfect you can't open a new checking account |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Because five dollars a month is a trivial expense. N/T |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
34. the $5 fee |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. 5 bucks a month??? fuck that noise. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. Why do people do business with BOA? Why not join their local credit union? |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. because their hours suck and there are limited ATMs |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. My CU is closer than the bank, they closed one nearby. Open til 5:30 every day and Sat til 1 ! ! |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. maybe I'm just lazy |
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dd2003 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
53. Disagree with 1 point |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
59. In other words, fuck the poor. |
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