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Comment on How Bank of America screwed me by Jesse Sewell

Jesse Sewell — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:43:36 +0000

Well, I can top all of that. Bank of America consistently is losing staff, which is weird because they are supposedly a really profitable company. So you would think that people would be lining up outside to work for them…., wrong. Apparently they pay peanuts. So a ‘well-trained’ BofA teller deposited a check into my business account, mailed to the branch from overseas (red-flag), in foreign currency (red-flag), from God-knows where (red-flag) and they put it into my account with no hold. Because as they say we are a ‘good customer’. Well we never see the check which is precisely what the scammer is hoping for. We would immediately recognize the check is fraudulent (drawn on an account we have no business relationship with). When we look at it online it looks like cash has been wired into our account (no hold), (instantly available funds), just like a wire transfer. We do not accept checks, which a banker ought to make an effort to know, understand their customers business. The account she deposited the funds into is our wire account and it is labeled as such in BofA’s system. Asked why we were not called, did it not look suspiscious she responded, ‘I was going to call you, I just got busy and it slipped my mind’. So to make a long story short, the Bank overseas finally figures out the check is forged and BofA simply goes into our account and takes over $100,000 and gives it back to them. They do not even so much as ask us, what kind of loss we have been exposed to because of their negligence. It is not my responsibility to determine if a check is forged, that is the banks responsibility. That is why holds are placed on checks. It took over two weeks for them to figure out the check was fraudulent. The final cost for this little bit of fun was $66,000 and we are now suing BofA to try and recover it. If you bank with BofA it is only a matter of time before you will suffer economic harm. These people are not only incompetent, but they do not care about protecting their account holders, only themselves.

Comment on How Bank of America screwed me by Ken Harwood

Ken Harwood — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:40:47 +0000

That is nothing!!!! I set an autopay of 200 per month and canceled the account because they raised the interest. I then just paid off the card. They continued to process the auto pay for over a year and I could not cancel it because there online system had no record of it. There customer support had no record of it. Yet they sent me checks for the amount every few months. I finally found a programer who found the code and removed it. Customer support said it was my fault!!!

Comment on The Credit Card Bill of Rights by pwalzer

pwalzer — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:47:05 +0000

Wow, that sounds amazing! I am planning on going along with 10+ friends, we’re all super excited, and we’ll be dressed as Chilean Miners for halloween (“Chilean Miners for Sanity”). Look forward to hearing from you, and maybe see you there! My email: philippwalzer@gmail.com

-Philipp

Comment on The Credit Card Bill of Rights by Yvonne Yaw

Yvonne Yaw — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:44:55 +0000

Your mother and I are members of the UU church in Lexington on the green. I have offered to subsidize anyone from that church who wants to go to Jon Stewart’s demonstration this coming Saturday, October 30. She told me you were trying to go, and that you were trying to get friends to go as well. I will e-mail you the offer I e-mailed to the congregation and let you know that I can give you some money, and, if you get a car load to go, let me know, because I can subsidize you all for up to $500.

Comment on How Bank of America screwed me by travis snyder

travis snyder — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:25:01 +0000

i had a loan took out 2 years ago with boa and my car was repoed… the car was worth 30,000 and they sold it for like 12,000… it left me a balance of 10,000 and some how now i owe them like 17,000 dollars… they are charging me intrest on a dead loan and have not tried to work with me fairly on paying it off so i said f*** them and never paid anything back… wait 6 years and it all comes off your credit history and starts fresh lol

Comment on Take a free Harvard Philosophy course by Giao

Giao — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:47:29 +0000

And this is his channel on Big Think

http://bigthink.com/michaelsandel

BTW, how can I subscribe to this blog? I’d like to read everything about Michael Sandel and everything he’s delivered .

Comment on Take a free Harvard Philosophy course by pwalzer

pwalzer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:16:42 +0000

Whoa that's awesome I did not know he gave a TED talk! I'll watch it asap. He also had a great conversation on Charlie Rose last year, check it out.

Comment on Take a free Harvard Philosophy course by Giao

Giao — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:45:00 +0000

I’m in love with this series too. I’ve seen it twice and downloaded so that I can revisit Sandel’s lectures whenever I want.

Sandel recently gave a talk at TED, in which he beautified the idea that, in order to have earnest discussions, we have to understand from what standpoint we’re arguing. I think you’ll like it http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate.html

Comment on Take a free Harvard Philosophy course by Sirarpi

Sirarpi — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:29:47 +0000

Does this mean that you know a bit more than when you thought you did not know?

Comment on I’m back, and Fox News is still thriving by Dave

Dave — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:53:11 +0000

I loved the piece on Glenn Beck – everyone who thinks he’s legitimate (not many) needs to see that.

Anyway, I’m really bothered by the second clip because I worry that these idiots are convincing people that making Muslim-Americans go through a separate line at airports is a good idea.