tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post7950826984119803773..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: WELLS FARGO GREEDY BASTARDSjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-67476976727894944382016-10-30T21:51:57.922-04:002016-10-30T21:51:57.922-04:00I think most banks are at least a little bit shady...I think most banks are at least a little bit shady. I was so happy when I was able to start banking with a credit union. The day I went to close my accounts at Suntrust was a very good day for me. Danielle L Zecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492742250595537348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-65385457207986799752016-10-29T20:29:12.388-04:002016-10-29T20:29:12.388-04:00I've written quite a few blog posts over the y...I've written quite a few blog posts over the years about the unbelievable crap that banks have pulled on me. To this day, I am amazed at the personal questions asked every time I do anything (open, close an account, withdraw $). It's unreal.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-70700548507047849752016-10-29T16:03:53.501-04:002016-10-29T16:03:53.501-04:00Hi Cranky,
Banks are the same everywhere. And I t...Hi Cranky,<br /><br />Banks are the same everywhere. And I totally agree with you.<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-5077051602575890612016-10-29T15:33:36.483-04:002016-10-29T15:33:36.483-04:00Years ago I worked for a bank and the worst we did...Years ago I worked for a bank and the worst we did was give you a toaster or cake if you opened an account. Kinda miss those gentle days. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-58298218331421027232016-10-29T10:43:52.886-04:002016-10-29T10:43:52.886-04:00It's a pervasive culture of big banks, which m...It's a pervasive culture of big banks, which most have become. I call them "New York banks." My bank eventually sold my mortgage to Countryside Bank, and the mortgage was paid off early in the great recession. I followed the balance like a hawk, sensing trouble, and stopped automatic withdrawal before the last payment, which would be much smaller than the automatic amount. Yes, there was a lot of trouble to get them to give me an actual amount to close and release my mortgage with the county. New York banks!Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-70026569405604556432016-10-29T10:32:55.432-04:002016-10-29T10:32:55.432-04:00I guess it's kind of like the USPS telling the...I guess it's kind of like the USPS telling their clerks to throw out sheets of those 60-cents-apiece stamps instead of the regular 47 cent ones when a customer walks in and asks for a book of stamps.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-6939614364736092022016-10-29T10:28:21.747-04:002016-10-29T10:28:21.747-04:00Of all the banks out there Wells Fargo is my least...Of all the banks out there Wells Fargo is my least favorite. Our IOBG account was at Wells Fargo. I hated doing business with them when I was the treasurer.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-53160852974339386772016-10-29T09:42:44.691-04:002016-10-29T09:42:44.691-04:00Last year just before Christmas I went with the we...Last year just before Christmas I went with the wee man to open an account for him at the BMO bank. Since then I have weekly calls from the bank wanting to sell me insurance or various useless services. The poor little guy just has a little over a hundred dollars in the account, it is the only connection with the bank I have and yet....they are trying to upsell to me. Drives me nuts.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-61526049923759109942016-10-29T09:30:52.700-04:002016-10-29T09:30:52.700-04:00makes me glad i didn't go to work for the loca...makes me glad i didn't go to work for the local bank.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-36300014900388269182016-10-29T09:14:47.065-04:002016-10-29T09:14:47.065-04:00You knew this was going to strike a nerve with me,...You knew this was going to strike a nerve with me, didn't you? Yes, the fraud goes all the way to the top. In their stockholder reports they talked about how happy WF customers were, exemplified by how many additional accounts they had opened. THAT'S one reason their stock price shot up like it did and made the Ivory tower guys so much $$$$ personally. Yet 5,300 lower level employees who couldn't meet their quotas were either let go or quit under pressure, while the CEO and others got to keep most of theirs, and avoided jail. You see now why Bernie and Warren are such Big Bank haters? Grrrr!Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-70516083361851402842016-10-29T08:19:33.387-04:002016-10-29T08:19:33.387-04:00I worked in a bank after graduating from college a...I worked in a bank after graduating from college and I lasted only three months before deciding it wasn't for me.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-28846650008638821322016-10-29T07:25:25.860-04:002016-10-29T07:25:25.860-04:00It is the same in any store where the employee ask...It is the same in any store where the employee asks you, as you pay for your items, "Would you like to apply for our credit card and get 10% off today's purchase?" They are not given hours on the sales floor or fired if they don't open up a certain number of accounts.<br /><br />It's where the banks and stores make their money, generating new customers, and it's wrong, wrong, wrong!messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-91728574965900935792016-10-29T06:32:31.856-04:002016-10-29T06:32:31.856-04:00I don't think banks out here have such quotas....I don't think banks out here have such quotas. I can't be sure of course, but I've never been asked to open any extra accounts, perhaps because I have so little money any skimming would be noticed by me right away.<br />BUT, when working as a checkout chook, I was required to ask customers if they wanted to join whatever loyalty card the store was currently pushing or if they wanted to donate to whatever fundraiser cause was current. I hated doing this and frequently didn't unless the boss or super was standing right beside me listening.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-28510481583939547942016-10-29T04:08:20.416-04:002016-10-29T04:08:20.416-04:00OMG you have opened my eyes.... several times rece...OMG you have opened my eyes.... several times recently I was asked if I want to move money to a better deal. I've changed banks since then but I guess things 'go on' whichever bank I choose. Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87306263444355269432016-10-29T01:24:51.429-04:002016-10-29T01:24:51.429-04:00I am not a fan of big banks. At all. I'm like ...I am not a fan of big banks. At all. I'm like Bernie Sanders-level unhappy with the big banks.<br /><br />But I'm a customer of Wells Fargo, and I'm sort of shocked that this is the biggest scandal that they can connect to the bank right now. <br /><br />The CEO appeared before a congressional committee and all of the congress people took turns yelling "Shame!" at him and I just kept thinking, "Y'all haven't managed to pass a real budget in 8 years and you're yelling 'Shame!' at other people for what appears to be a bad but fairly innocuous business scandal?"<br /><br />I assume that the big banks are doing worse things than this. I'd be delighted if this was the worst. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-1588578528330461012016-10-29T00:10:28.211-04:002016-10-29T00:10:28.211-04:00It is almost like they are encouraged to "up ...It is almost like they are encouraged to "up sell" like waiters/waitresses are at restaurants to add an appetizer, dessert, etc. I wouldn't care to work in such an environment. I'm just 0.5% knowledgeable about what has been going on at Wells Fargo, not enough to really comment on it. It is for these reasons I like the job I work at, though in other reasons I hate the job I work in.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.com