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Poor Mackie.

He finally had to give up that 'crank it' phone made of wood and move up to a rotary dialer.

Paolo wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:16 am Poor Mackie.

He finally had to give up that 'crank it' phone made of wood and move up to a rotary dialer.

What will they think of next???

River

I have a green one now with new fangled buttons on it. Maybe someday, somebody will invent something softer on one's anus so I can give up using the Sears catalogue

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:05 am I have a green one now with new fangled buttons on it. Maybe someday, somebody will invent something softer on one's anus so I can give up using the Sears catalogue

They still publish that thing?

I'll send you a JCPenney one for Christmas, so you can have variety.

I have an old Wards Catalog you can have. It might be old but the prices are better.

River

How about a New York City phonebook. Bend over Mac I need the number of that Chinese restaurant.

Are we roasting Mac? Wait that has already been done with fries. Hey Mac we love ya.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:16 pm TimeWarner came out, checked everything and said my phone had died. A friend gave me a phone so now I have communication.

Now I just worry if my bank is screwing me.

Well, I was right, Wells Fargo screwed me. This month I received my normal $900 check. I paid $40 for water & trash, $180 for Electricity, $256 for TimeWarner (TV, Internet and phone for 2 months) $55 for gas.

That should have left me with about $120 left for food. Last month I wrote three checks for $28 total. They must have overdrawn me. Wells Fargo says my balance is -$300

I will call them tomorrow saying I have no food income if they charge me $300 in overdraft fees. I might beg, plead, scream, curse and go ballistic too.

Mac, change to a community bank straight away.

River

I had a million problems with every bank I was ever associated with.

About 15 years ago, I joined a CREDIT UNION. I have not had one problem since.

If I haven't been there in 6 months (do to direct deposits & MAC machines), when I do walk in, I am still address with a "Hi Jim, How are you?"

Credit Unions are the best kept secrets in the world. Name it, they've got it.

Switching from one bank to another just doesn't do it. You're going to have the same type problems at the new bank. THINK CREDIT UNIONS...If you need additional pointers, let me know. Good luck with it.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:08 pm Well, I was right, Wells Fargo screwed me. This month I received my normal $900 check. I paid $40 for water & trash, $180 for Electricity, $256 for TimeWarner (TV, Internet and phone for 2 months) $55 for gas.

That should have left me with about $120 left for food. Last month I wrote three checks for $28 total. They must have overdrawn me. Wells Fargo says my balance is -$300

I will call them tomorrow saying I have no food income if they charge me $300 in overdraft fees. I might beg, plead, scream, curse and go ballistic too.

Change your bank.

What happened is that one bill pushed you into "overdraft" and then lovely, greedy-assed and ever-spiteful pile-of-shit Wells Fargo restructured all of your checks so that they could charge the maximum overdraft fees.

With friends like that, who needs enemies.

A friend new to the banking industry said they clear the largest checks first so multiple small ones will bounce. This will yield more overdraft fees.

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:37 am Change your bank.

What happened is that one bill pushed you into "overdraft" and then lovely, greedy-assed and ever-spiteful pile-of-shit Wells Fargo restructured all of your checks so that they could charge the maximum overdraft fees.

With friends like that, who needs enemies.

That happened to me once with Wells Fargo. Instead of one overdraft fee, had they not posted the biggest check first, they hit me with four. I talked them down to two. It was still a ripoff.

Slammr (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:44 am That happened to me once with Wells Fargo. Instead of one overdraft fee, had they not posted the biggest check first, they hit me with four. I talked them down to two. It was still a ripoff.

If a bank thought it could make money by sucking the shit out of your ass, you would see vacuum devices appear like flies and spread across the USA in mere days.

(I'm not even sure that statement classifies as sarcasm...)

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:15 pm If a bank thought it could make money by sucking the shit out of your ass, you would see vacuum devices appear like flies and spread across the USA in mere days.

(I'm not even sure that statement classifies as sarcasm...)

Sarcasm or not, I liked it.

I've had FLU for past several days but tomorrow, unless I'm dead, I'm heading to Office on Aging then to a Credit Union.

Wells Fargo notified me today I was now at -400 in my account. I hate banks.

My Flu has gone mostly, now to find chow till Thursday

Today, I walked over to Our Lady of Fatima church for a free turkey dinner. It wasn't as good as mom's but it was better than any chow I had during Air Force Basic Training

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:37 pm I've had FLU for past several days but tomorrow, unless I'm dead, I'm heading to Office on Aging then to a Credit Union.

Wells Fargo notified me today I was now at -400 in my account. I hate banks.

That can be a problem - too much month left at the end of the money.

I received pix today from two friends I had in high school. Funny thing, they look old. I sorta expected them to look as they did in high school. I haven't changed so I figured why should they.

I know, I know, reality check time.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:33 am I received pix today from two friends I had in high school. Funny thing, they look old. I sorta expected them to look as they did in high school. I haven't changed so I figured why should they.

I know, I know, reality check time.

Well maybe you are like me. I have achieved complete biological stasis. My cells now replace themselves at an exact one to one ratio, thus halting the aging process..

Rats, I went to the local grocery to buy milk and my balance was ZERO.

Did I ever mention before that I HATE BANKS.

Wells Fargo sent me a letter saying I only had $355 out of my $920 check left. I could have lived with that for a month. Today, I received a letter saying they claimed another $200 of my money.

Now I don't have the $100 minimum needed to open up a credit union account so this cycle of indebtedness goes on for another month.

Beginning to sound like the ole company store at the coal mining sites we read about.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:21 am Wells Fargo sent me a letter saying I only had $355 out of my $920 check left. I could have lived with that for a month. Today, I received a letter saying they claimed another $200 of my money.

Now I don't have the $100 minimum needed to open up a credit union account so this cycle of indebtedness goes on for another month.

Beginning to sound like the ole company store at the coal mining sites we read about.

You need to go in and raise hell with WFB. When they keep doing grabs like that, they're over-stepping. If they won't reverse course - significantly - take it up with Adult or Senior Protection. If nothing else, call the TV station News and complain about seniors getting their entire checks ripped off by WFB. If you don't stand them down, they'll just keep doing it.

I agree, Lock and Load.

Go in when there are lots of people and talk to them in a raised voice so everybody can hear how there ripping you off. They always like that.

River