bankdecay

Instead Of Bailing Out Broken Banks, Why Not Build New Banks?

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:42:00 -0500

Instead Of Bailing Out Broken Banks, Why Not Build New Banks?: (via kodewulf)

Business is BAD (via shawnblog)

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:01:11 -0400

Business is BAD (via shawnblog)

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the..."

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:20:54 -0400

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

- Thomas Jefferson (via azspot)

wayne-remy: Clay Bennett — Gocomics.com: Comics, editorial...

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:01:08 -0400

wayne-remy:

Clay Bennett — Gocomics.com: Comics, editorial cartoons, email comics, comic strips

Bank failure and cooties

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:53 -0400

hilker:

jeffmiller:

squashed:

The truth is, dealing with large private industry can be at least as frustrating as dealing with the government. The government can be corrupted—but nowhere near as easily as private industry. The government can be an incompetent, blundering giant, but we can find a few of those in private industry as well. The government has no monopoly on incompetence.

What I think this misses is that Government by definition is a monopoly, so when it is incompetent, you have no other choice. By contrast, when businesses are incompetent, there is always the chance that a competing business will come along and offer something better, and indeed, this almost always happens, so long as the Government doesn’t put obstacles in the way. (Don’t like Blogger? Use Tumblr!)

When businesses are incompetent, they can’t coerce you to accept the incompetence. When businesses are incompetent, they can’t continue to fund their impotence by simply taking large portions of your income. These things aren’t just important … they are everything.

Overdraft "protection" and bank customer service

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:25:09 -0400

Overdraft "protection" and bank customer service

"There was a problem processing your request. * An error occurred in the processing of your..."

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:35:00 -0400

“

There was a problem processing your request.

* An error occurred in the processing of your request. The request has not been performed. You have been taken to the Accounts Overview Screen. You will want to resubmit the request.

”

- Bank of America | Account Activity [actual URL removed, duh]

Bank Decay (via shawnblog)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:16:37 -0400

Bank Decay (via shawnblog)

Exclusively for me, eh? The web site won’t even allow me...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:28:54 -0400

Exclusively for me, eh? The web site won’t even allow me to access the service!

Quite a while back, a legal action was taken on my Bank of America accounts. This was later reversed, but the subsequent month or so of financial HELL was mainly thanks to the horrible customer service offered by the worse bank I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with, Bank of America.

To date, they still have never offered to reinstate my bill pay service, yet they keep sending me offers to try it. When I attempt to log in, I get this smart message.

First Citiwide Change Bank via The 50 Greatest Commercial...

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:23:56 -0400

First Citiwide Change Bank

via The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time

hat tip VSL

Beware of Error Messages At Bank Sites

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:41:56 -0400

Beware of Error Messages At Bank Sites: (via thedaytheytriedtokillme)

"I went for a long time without any problems until one day an uncommon situation that none of their..."

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:25:30 -0400

“I went for a long time without any problems until one day an uncommon situation that none of their agents were easily able to understand or handle turned into weeks of financial nightmare for me. It really was like they literally just didn’t know how!”