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0 pointsjc4p14y ago0 comments

I had a similar situation happen at Bank of America except in my situation I wasn't relying on a single overdraft, I wasn't expecting any. They put in a transfer from my savings to my checking a day after they said it would go through and did the exact same sorting of large purchases to charge my multiple fees.

It took me two and a half hours to get the charges reversed, 30 minutes of which were spent in the nearest BoFA location until I learned I had to commute around town to go back to the original place I opened my account to even discuss the situation.

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daemin14y ago

There has been a few situations in Australia where contractors / self employed business people have invoiced the banks for making them wait to be served in line. From memory the banks have paid those invoices, not sure that would work in the USA but if they wasted 2-3 hours of your time for which you can bill serious amounts on, then it might be worth a shot.

impendia14y ago

+1, thanks for sharing.

Should I move, I now know two banks I should not dream of doing business with.

jeffool14y ago

heh, my phone conversations ended much the same. They told me to go to the branch where I opened my account as well. A state away. (As I mentioned elsewhere, I got them wiped off eventually.)

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