On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:24:22AM -0500, Geordie Birch wrote: > I thought so too, but no bank in Arcata would touch it if I didn't have an > account. This was in 1995.
What do you expect? It's a state that's been 0wnz3d by Wells Fargo, a bank known for screwing people attempting to use it's services in the proper coin of the realm. It doesn't help that all the other banks down there seem to be trying to play catchup on how badly they can screw thier customers to compete with Wells Fargo. I bank with Washington Mutual[1] (formerly Fred Meyer Saving and Loan), which offers unlimited free checking, free checks, free check card, free online banking, no charge for talking to a human teller, they'll let you overdraft up to $100 for free (more if your credit's good) and reasonable exchange rates. They also allow non-account-holders to do currency-to-currency transactions with a teller and use thier ATMs for free, and they won't charge account holders for using another bank's ATM (though the other bank might). [1] It's the anti-Fargo. They even promote themselves as much. This is not the reason I chose them, though, just a side perk. "Why's this stage coach empty? You all robbers?" "No, ma'am, we're Californian!" http://www.rodeograndmas.com/main.html -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system
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