or perhaps credit cards?
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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.
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."
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.
flea - Sep 29, 2011 11:30:00 am PDT #29215 of 30001
information libertarian
We're in the process of switching to a credit union! Which happens to have an office in the lobby of the building mr. flea works in.
I have to call Chase Visa and bitch them out about charging me a late fee when the man I talked to when I called to pay the bill (because mr. flea forgot) specifically said it would be credited in time. I hate fucking banks.
le nubian - Sep 29, 2011 11:33:56 am PDT #29216 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sox,
you might try the district manager first. And leave the president for last. I would try the Customer Relations VP before the President. Usually, the Customer Relations VP would trip over themselves to prevent this issue from going to the President. If it reaches the President, you might as well CC the attorney general and perhaps your local Congressperson.
hippocampus - Sep 29, 2011 11:36:04 am PDT #29217 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Aaand they just called back and now I need to write a letter to some oddly numbered department documenting the issue so they can take a next step and/or write us a letter saying that we never authorized what was done to us.
Yay they make this easy. In the way that is not easy.
ETA: I'm exhausted. And have no idea how to write this letter.