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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:01 PM Original message |
Banks defend debit-card fees amid pressure from Washington |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gotta keep that bonus money flowing. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Banks can go to hell. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Not only that, but with banking being an essential part of |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe, just maybe, if we had some decent regulations in place |
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Xtraneous (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a trap |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. A fee to CLOSE an account? |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. My doctor told me last month he was charged $75 to close an account |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Just draw your account down to a one dollar balance and then walk away from it. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The account will incur fees for not meeting the minimum balance. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Wouldn't that depend on the type of account you have? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Why walk away from an account like that? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. There is a lot of advice in this thread to move accounts to either credit unions or community banks. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Or let it sit idle for a month or so, until you are certain |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. If you are stupid enough to still have your money in one of the big 4 banks |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. well |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I will agree that stupid was not appropriate. What I should have said is that to continue to give |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good for Durbin, sounds like him and Miller are paying attention. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. REVOLUTION. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. keep it up idiots |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. More fees create more rage. |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I called my bank today and told them I would be closing my accounts because of this fee. NT |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. Fleece the proles, always the # topic at any banker board meeting. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Greedy corporations will always defend theft , which they call profits. |
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