THE DIRTY PIGS OF THE BANK OF AMERICA

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TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP EDITORIAL

By: James Edstrom
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Crooked Branch Of Bank Of America



I have written about Bank Of America before. A couple of years ago I wrote about how they were cheating me on my credit cards , because they were switching transactions around in my checking account so I would go under and they could charge me a fee and then they raised my interest on my credit cards because I went under. They settled that case for around 750 million fine, but I got no money back. To The Bank Of America, cheating customers is a way of business. They figure if they get caught, they get fined, meanwhile they made so much money, it's just a cost of doing business. And they never admit any wrongdoing, they just pay the fine.


So after I canceled my credit cards with them, I felt it was just too hard to switch my direct deposits in my checking account to another bank and too hard to switch the direct payments such as AOL and others. So like the fool I am, I kept my checking accounts.
Today was the last straw. Over the past year they have kept raising my checking account fees. Every time I turn around, they raise them again. Then today, I notice a check image fee of 3 bucks. I can not believe this. In the old days, you got your checks mailed back to you. Then without asking, they switched you to copying them on your statement. OK, I could deal with that. But then I look closely on my statement today and I notice that they have been charging me for the past few months a 3 buck fee for having the checks copied on my statement? Are they off the F**king planet?


So today, I go to a branch to get a money order. I wait and wait in line to see a teller. I sit there while business customers cut the line and have no wait, while us regular folks have to wait and wait and watch these business guys cut the line. What that tells me, is the normal customer means nothing to Bank Of America. I mean, where do you think the business customers get their loans anyway? They borrow our money!


I finally get to the teller window. They wanted to charge me a 5 dollar fee for a little money order. Money orders used to be free with my account. They take and take and the customer means nothing anymore at the Bank Of F**king America.


Bank Of America took our bailout money from the taxpayers and they were supposed to help the people who got screwed in the mortgage meltdown and the innocent people who had credit cards who ended up getting the knife too. They did just about nothing with our money to help people, instead they opened branches like crazy to beat their competitor. They continued to give their fat bonus checks to the CEO's. Now the Bank Of America has record profits, everyone still is losing their homes and the rich just got richer.


They stole our money under false pretenses and the government let them get away with this.
They continue to cheat customers and when they are caught and fined, it's just a business expense as they already made so much money from their scams.


For weeks I have been getting letters from chase for free checking and 200 buck bonus for opening a direct deposit. I am getting other offers from other banks and I am looking at them all as Chase is no innocent bystander in this whole credit mess anyway. Friends just told me they switched to TD Bank and they swear the service can not be beat and checking is free. I'm looking, I'm looking at them all. After having so many accounts with Bank Of America over the years, I am going to close my last one.


Bank Of America could care less about anyone losing their homes, they could care less about being caught cheating the public. Bank Of America is the bank of the rich and why should we put our money into a bank that only wants to make the rich richer.

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