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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:57 AM Original message |
A Semi-Contrarian View on Bank Transfer Day |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been doing research while I've been recovering |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh yeah, Skank of America really stinks, no doubt about it. But it's |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I've been with Skank of America for 3 years. Moving on now to a credit union. nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. They'll still be getting my monthly deposit checks |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. There will still be the same number of accounts that will require people to manage them.. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. OK. But even a temporary disruption of income for some workers can |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You can't do just one thing.. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe the truth is that the future of banking is less bricks and mortar. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. here's my quandry |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Definitely a special cricumstance and one I'm not qualified to speak to. But |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. mzteris, my credit union and many others belong to a CU shared.. |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. i was going to say much the same... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. thank you. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I have accts. at several banks/CU's |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. "The problem with CU's is they're all local" Most of them belong to co-op network. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is it possible that if credit unions grow, they will need lots more employees? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. And where I live... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It might be better for the tellers. Banks are thieves, even with their employees |
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Johnson20 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. True. Maybe they will be able |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Or maybe credit unions are not such thiefs as the banks are and will be able to pay a living wage... |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. I get where you are coming from. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. She'll definitely get a better wage with a credit union. n/t |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Awesome advice and kindness on your part. Will share with my wife |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. This reminds me of the Occupy protest sign... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. We call it, "changing hats". |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. I disagree: "the people who staff the branches would face layoffs" |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Actually the banks make billions on all those extra charges they have |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. agree with that - former Wall Street bank temp |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, I wouldn't shop at Walmart and other big box stores... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. Don't lose sight of the big picture and necessary goals |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You certainly did. |
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nutsnberries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. yes, well said. -eom |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. So I feel sorry for the lonely BoA branch office in my town. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. I am a former Wells Fargo agent. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Steve, that's a great response and an eye-opener for sure. Thanks - n/t |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. a big WOW |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. Look, they then can get a job at a credit union, a better place to work for. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. you are so right! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Don't mean to end discussion of this by any means, but I wanted |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. you can search here |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Banks loose jobs and credit unions gain jobs ....it evens out. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Yep. |
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RickFromMN (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. I will go out on a limb and say I expect the big banks to close all their branches anyway. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Banks have a lot of branches in poor locations that were a political precondition to mergers |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't get the assumption that inaction does less harm than action. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. When deciding between credit unions a few years ago, I noticed one I considered |
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