Is It Cheating If I Paid To Talk To Another Woman?
Written: Nov 09 '01
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Pros: A bank seems like a good place to keep your money
Cons: Boy, the really want to KEEP your money
The Bottom Line: Go with a hometown bank
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| clubber63366's Full Review: Firstar |
This may take a marriage counselor to resolve. I paid money to talk to a woman other than my wife. I felt I had to. I needed to hear what this woman had to say. Why would I do something so costly, you ask? Because I was blissfully unaware of the cost.
Don't fall into the same trap that I did. Before you seek out the warmth of human contact be advised: If you call Firstar's account information line and for some reason can't make the automated system work, it'll cost $3.00 to get the information you seek from a live person. Oh sure, I got the pamphlet when I opened my account that detailed all the service charges, all 39 "Other Service Charges" listed on one page. Honestly, who out there has read through those (and remembers even a few of them more than 5 years later?)
If I am doing the math right, Firstar Bank has some very valuable employees. At $3.00 for two minutes work (the length of my inquiry and its resolution) during a 40-hour week, 52 weeks a year, that comes to $187,200.00 for the year. Others may have you believe that if I did my math right, I wouldn't have had to make the call in the first place.
I've spent years trying to outrun the take-over tidal wave washing across banking, trying to keep a "free checking" account and escape from the giants that know nothing of customer service. I stayed with Firstar Bank when they took over my last local bank because there were no substantial changes to my accounts. It seems now there is no escape. All banks will be GIANTS. The only thing service oriented about any of them looks to be "service charges".
I've found out by this experience that Firstar Bank is exactly the same. I'm going to find a teeny-weenie bank where I can talk to the employees for free. Maybe I can even find one that understands a bounced check or two. The watermelon-smashing funny man, Gallagher, said it best. When you bounce a check, why does the bank charge you more of what they already know you DON'T HAVE?!?!
Recommended:
No
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clubber63366
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Member: Mike
Location: Ofallon, Missouri
Reviews written: 16
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Hard_to_please 's brother .... Miss you bro!
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