Garbage would be fun, actually.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Sep 29, 2011 10:59:29 am PDT #29205 of 30001
Because books.
JenP - Sep 29, 2011 11:00:26 am PDT #29206 of 30001
Wow, and not just BoA.
Other large U.S. banks including Wells Fargo & Co, JPMorgan Chase & Co and SunTrust Banks Inc are already testing or plan to fully roll out monthly debit card fees.
Somehow, I can't make my heart bleed because banks fee revenue is tanking. I do need to change banks anyway. Inertia.
Consuela - Sep 29, 2011 11:01:25 am PDT #29207 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
The result of those fees is that way more people are going to be using cash again...
le nubian - Sep 29, 2011 11:01:56 am PDT #29208 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
or perhaps credit cards?
JenP - Sep 29, 2011 11:02:47 am PDT #29209 of 30001
The result of those fees is that way more people are going to be using cash again...
Right? And I actually do better spending wise when I stick with cash. I just don't usually because of the convenience. But I can and happily will if I have to.
Will they still charge if you use it as a credit card instead of debit w/ pin, I wonder?
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2011 11:07:18 am PDT #29210 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, if I only use it to take out cash from their ATMs, I'm golden? But one swipe in a store and $5 is levied against me? Wow. That feels like a step backwards.
Citigroup says they won't do it. Any reason not to switch to Citibank when the time comes?
Tom Scola - Sep 29, 2011 11:09:09 am PDT #29211 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The sun was only taunting us. Now it's raining heavily again. Poor hippies.
JenP - Sep 29, 2011 11:16:33 am PDT #29212 of 30001
That's what it sounds like - no charge for ATMs.
Burrell - Sep 29, 2011 11:20:52 am PDT #29213 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
From the article:
The head of banking products for Citi's U.S. consumer bank said customers told the bank a debit card fee would be "a huge source of irritation."
I'll say. I only use my card to take money out of the ATM and yet I still find it galling. It's like banks never tire of saying fuck you to the rest of us.
hippocampus - Sep 29, 2011 11:25:51 am PDT #29214 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
It's like banks never tire of saying fuck you to the rest of us.
duck-nod.
Still waiting for a callback from my bank, for folks keeping track. I've left two messages today. Next step is letter to the president, I guess.