Comments on: Burn the Banks http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/ You know you knead it. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Why I STILL hate HSBC « [m i a o w] the cat http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-72675 Why I STILL hate HSBC « [m i a o w] the cat Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:10:57 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-72675 [...] Quite some time ago I pointed out that HSBC probably stands for His Satanic Bastard Conglomerate. And here as well. This appears to still be the case. I accidentally transferred some money into my long unused HSBC account. When I’d finally traced where it had got to, via the rude people at Elders Rural Online Banking and the extremely nice people at Victoria Teachers Credit Union, I had a sinking feeling. It was again going to be Me Vs. HSBC. [...] […] Quite some time ago I pointed out that HSBC probably stands for His Satanic Bastard Conglomerate. And here as well. This appears to still be the case. I accidentally transferred some money into my long unused HSBC account. When I’d finally traced where it had got to, via the rude people at Elders Rural Online Banking and the extremely nice people at Victoria Teachers Credit Union, I had a sinking feeling. It was again going to be Me Vs. HSBC. […]

]]> By: Scott http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-217 Scott Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-217 You've just unwittingly created a new heroine for the mistreated misfit of today who fights back against callous corporate impotence - Rambeth! Or maybe Rambeet?? I'm thinking get Brigitte Nielsen to take the movie role after completing intensive acting lessons, because as beneficial bonus (bonusficially?) she could lean on her ex to keep him from targeting your windfall $20 with a yo-copyright-infringement suit. Heard Warren Zevon quoting someone (wish I was paying closer attention) with a neat existential rumination on the relation between acquiring literature and immortality: "We buy books in the hope that we will have time to read them." You’ve just unwittingly created a new heroine for the mistreated misfit of today who fights back against callous corporate impotence - Rambeth! Or maybe Rambeet?? I’m thinking get Brigitte Nielsen to take the movie role after completing intensive acting lessons, because as beneficial bonus (bonusficially?) she could lean on her ex to keep him from targeting your windfall $20 with a yo-copyright-infringement suit.

Heard Warren Zevon quoting someone (wish I was paying closer attention) with a neat existential rumination on the relation between acquiring literature and immortality:

“We buy books in the hope that we will have time to read them.”

]]> By: Toan Nguyen http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-218 Toan Nguyen Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-218 Hahaha... You've inspired me to write about my own dealings with the craptastic Commonwealth bank. The only bank to 'lose' $7500 worth of cash for over a month and not be able to tell me where it is until I actually went into a branch (that un-conveniently is only open from 9:30am - 4:00 pm)... The hours that most people work. And... the pain of the polite but useless as fsck operator on the bank phone telling me that I have to go into a branch to request information where my money was (with a fee attached... of course)... Then when they find that my money was in fact in limbo land, they tell me that I can get my cash back, or be charged $27 to resend the money... (how can they charge $27 when its all electronic transfers anyway... and they lost the cash with the transfer the first time...) Neways... I could rant on forever... I have an account with commonwealth (Streamline account) and it has no money in it. They still charge $5 a month to maintain the account. So its at -$15 now (due to my Laziness and Christmas when 1/10ths of sh|t for all is open) and I cant close it over the phone or ANY other way apart from going to a god forsaken branch during work time and waiting 30+ minutes in a line to close an account that is empty yet still being charged... God I hate banks... Hahaha… You’ve inspired me to write about my own dealings with the craptastic Commonwealth bank. The only bank to ‘lose’ $7500 worth of cash for over a month and not be able to tell me where it is until I actually went into a branch (that un-conveniently is only open from 9:30am - 4:00 pm)… The hours that most people work.

And… the pain of the polite but useless as fsck operator on the bank phone telling me that I have to go into a branch to request information where my money was (with a fee attached… of course)… Then when they find that my money was in fact in limbo land, they tell me that I can get my cash back, or be charged $27 to resend the money… (how can they charge $27 when its all electronic transfers anyway… and they lost the cash with the transfer the first time…)

Neways… I could rant on forever… I have an account with commonwealth (Streamline account) and it has no money in it. They still charge $5 a month to maintain the account. So its at -$15 now (due to my Laziness and Christmas when 1/10ths of sh|t for all is open) and I cant close it over the phone or ANY other way apart from going to a god forsaken branch during work time and waiting 30+ minutes in a line to close an account that is empty yet still being charged… God I hate banks…

]]> By: beTh http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-219 beTh Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.miaowthecat.com/archives/2003/08/25/burn-the-banks/#comment-219 Oh man, I could regale you with a wondrous story of how I parted ways with the bastardlike Commonwealth Bank. And how I have a Commonwealth Band credit card and they put the annual fee up by $25 and never told me.I too had to go into the branch - this is after they charged me $35 when *they* let me overdraw on my account...it was v.messy. I REALLY loathe the Commonwealth Bank... Oh man, I could regale you with a wondrous story of how I parted ways with the bastardlike Commonwealth Bank. And how I have a Commonwealth Band credit card and they put the annual fee up by $25 and never told me.I too had to go into the branch - this is after they charged me $35 when *they* let me overdraw on my account…it was v.messy. I REALLY loathe the Commonwealth Bank…

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