Comments on: Breaking Up: Still Hard To Do, But Getting Easier http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/ Entertaining stories from everyday life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Using My Powers for Good by Jenny Ryan http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-7934 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:11:54 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-7934 [...] Yesterday, in our continuing efforts to break up with our bank, I went to clean out our safety deposit box and turn in our keys. I also had to sign our original contract and state that I had, in fact, done these things. Interestingly enough this act was not referred to as anything like “Termination of Contract” or “End of Rental Agreement.” It was termed “Surrender“, which I thought was ironically appropriate, given the fact that we’ve been locked in unending mortal combat with this institution for the past year. [...] […] Yesterday, in our continuing efforts to break up with our bank, I went to clean out our safety deposit box and turn in our keys. I also had to sign our original contract and state that I had, in fact, done these things. Interestingly enough this act was not referred to as anything like “Termination of Contract” or “End of Rental Agreement.” It was termed “Surrender“, which I thought was ironically appropriate, given the fact that we’ve been locked in unending mortal combat with this institution for the past year. […]

]]> by: Administrator http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5985 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:45:04 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5985 In the immortal words of Bartles and James, "Thank you for your support." :) In the immortal words of Bartles and James, “Thank you for your support.” :)

]]> by: Colleen Gleason http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5150 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:02:30 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5150 Oooh! Have you read all the Carole Nelson Douglas's Irene Adlers? I love that series. I have Chapel Noir (love the covers) and it's been bugging me to read it. I also enjoyed The Beekeeper's Apprentice, but it was a little squicky with the love story between Holmes and the much-younger girl whose name I can't remember. And...on to the topic at hand: we broke up with our bank about five years ago. Best thing we ever did, although it was a PITA. So good luck! Oooh! Have you read all the Carole Nelson Douglas’s Irene Adlers? I love that series. I have Chapel Noir (love the covers) and it’s been bugging me to read it.

I also enjoyed The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, but it was a little squicky with the love story between Holmes and the much-younger girl whose name I can’t remember.

And…on to the topic at hand: we broke up with our bank about five years ago. Best thing we ever did, although it was a PITA.

So good luck!

]]> by: Mad Kane http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5125 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:07:28 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5125 Boy can I relate! Funny piece! Boy can I relate!
Funny piece!

]]> by: CRSE http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5116 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:45:43 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5116 Oh im so admiring of you. I want to break up with our bank so bad, and so does my husband but we cant make ourselves do it. We talk about it all the time. But we both know we dont have the guts to do it....yay Jenny Ryan! Oh im so admiring of you. I want to break up with our bank so bad, and so does my husband but we cant make ourselves do it. We talk about it all the time. But we both know we dont have the guts to do it….yay Jenny Ryan!

]]> by: Sparky http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5076 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:49:11 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5076 well, I have to do a little sticking up for the bank here, Safe Deposit Boxes are national treasures or at least valued like they are, so they want to give them to customers who are staying around. You are breaking away from them, very very good for you well, I have to do a little sticking up for the bank here, Safe Deposit Boxes are national treasures or at least valued like they are, so they want to give them to customers who are staying around. You are breaking away from them, very very good for you

]]> by: David http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5044 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:57:43 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5044 Good. Breaking up may be hard to do (just a small hassle changing things over, maybe), but banks need to wake up and face the cold hard facts of life--gouging is gonna lose 'em business. What a delight when we were in the bank (yeh, we can walk downtown to our bank--from anywhere in this teeny lil hub of America's Third World County) while downtown shopping a few weeks back. The teller asked if we would like to change our checking account over to no fees + interest paid on balance (as if a savings account). Well, yeh. No minimum balances, no fees, we earn interest. Granted, the fees we were paying on our chacking account were miniscule--a grand total of $3.50 a month--but no fees plus interest beats that. Nice of the teller to point it out (and no, she got no Brownie points for doing it. I asked the manager, who's on first name basis with most bank customers, no matter how small their accounts. A nice aspect of banking close to home in a small town. Good. Breaking up may be hard to do (just a small hassle changing things over, maybe), but banks need to wake up and face the cold hard facts of life–gouging is gonna lose ‘em business.

What a delight when we were in the bank (yeh, we can walk downtown to our bank–from anywhere in this teeny lil hub of America’s Third World County) while downtown shopping a few weeks back. The teller asked if we would like to change our checking account over to no fees + interest paid on balance (as if a savings account). Well, yeh. No minimum balances, no fees, we earn interest. Granted, the fees we were paying on our chacking account were miniscule–a grand total of $3.50 a month–but no fees plus interest beats that.

Nice of the teller to point it out (and no, she got no Brownie points for doing it. I asked the manager, who’s on first name basis with most bank customers, no matter how small their accounts.

A nice aspect of banking close to home in a small town.

]]> by: tiggerprr http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5038 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:29:00 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5038 Good for you! Those fees are getting out of hand. Tho' a banker will probably read your post and think, "Eureka! Those are great ideas for new revenue streams!" Oh, and I totally agree...poodles = bleh. No offense to the Society for National Admiration of Poodles (SNAP) members. Good for you! Those fees are getting out of hand. Tho’ a banker will probably read your post and think, “Eureka! Those are great ideas for new revenue streams!”

Oh, and I totally agree…poodles = bleh. No offense to the Society for National Admiration of Poodles (SNAP) members.

]]> by: Pauly D http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5031 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:19:12 +0000 http://www.jennyryan.com/2006/10/31/breaking-up-still-hard-to-do-but-getting-easier/#comment-5031 Good for you, re: breaking up with your bank. No matter how much they cry and no matter how much it affects you emotionally, you stay strong JENNY RYAN! I'm close to breaking up with my bank because every time I go to a non-Wells Fargo ATM they charge me $2 and then the bank whose ATM I used charges me $2 bucks. It's highway robbery, I tell you. But I do like the ATM card with the stagecoach on it. Good for you, re: breaking up with your bank. No matter how much they cry and no matter how much it affects you emotionally, you stay strong JENNY RYAN!

I’m close to breaking up with my bank because every time I go to a non-Wells Fargo ATM they charge me $2 and then the bank whose ATM I used charges me $2 bucks. It’s highway robbery, I tell you.

But I do like the ATM card with the stagecoach on it.

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