The big payback and the .58 check
If I get crappy service somewhere I like to take action, and when all else fails I go for revenge.
Eight years ago I got crappy service from Bank One, so I changed banks. But I was so pissed with Bank One I wanted revenge. What do to? I'm not really a brick through the window, or spray paint kind of guy. So I decide to take my revenge in tiny administrative costs. I left .59 in my account and never closed it. So for eight years Bank one has been sending me monthly statements for my .59, as well as privacy policy changes etc. In my mind the cost of mailing my statement each month (however miniscule) was some measure of payback. Well I've grown bored of the .59 statement, so on Saturday I wrote a check on that account for .58 and deposited it in my new account. This leaves a balance of .01, let's see if they send me statements for eight years on this one.
Come to think of it Compass should suffer the same sorry fate.
I realize service at all banks is crappy, and yes I will run out of banks someday. But look at the bright side, when I run out of new banks, I can return to the old ones where I'll already have accounts open and ready to go.
I can be a petty holder of grudges
Eight years ago I got crappy service from Bank One, so I changed banks. But I was so pissed with Bank One I wanted revenge. What do to? I'm not really a brick through the window, or spray paint kind of guy. So I decide to take my revenge in tiny administrative costs. I left .59 in my account and never closed it. So for eight years Bank one has been sending me monthly statements for my .59, as well as privacy policy changes etc. In my mind the cost of mailing my statement each month (however miniscule) was some measure of payback. Well I've grown bored of the .59 statement, so on Saturday I wrote a check on that account for .58 and deposited it in my new account. This leaves a balance of .01, let's see if they send me statements for eight years on this one.
Come to think of it Compass should suffer the same sorry fate.
I realize service at all banks is crappy, and yes I will run out of banks someday. But look at the bright side, when I run out of new banks, I can return to the old ones where I'll already have accounts open and ready to go.
I can be a petty holder of grudges
posted by Robert_M at 8:54 AM
2 Comments:
I love this!!! It is like tipping $1 when service is terrible.
It's an attempt to turn the machine on itself. The same conditions that make them insensitive to my needs as a customer, make them unaware that they have an account at .59 for 8 years.
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