OT - "Old" DS Fans - Life's Problems

[Connie]

At my bank, once you hit 50 you're entitled to "generational checking".  My daughter has a disdainful view of this term.  ("Why don't they just call it what it is!  Old  people checking!  They want to sugar-coat everything!")
I don't even attempt to balance my checking account; not because I'm soooo old, but because with my illness I can't organize anything, forget everything, and my brain's rather foggy.  So I dump it on my daughter to try and straighten it out.
She's been scratching her head in frustration over fees.  (Hey, if this is a senior citizen account how come there's a fee?)   

(We were visiting JF's website recently)
My daughter goes:

"What does Frid have?  Octogenarian checking?"
"Alas!  What fiend is charging me this insurmountable fee!"



Don't know what I'd do without her amusing DS references.  Always cracks me up.

[Raineypark]

When I'm in the study and my husband is asking where I am, my daughter doesn't say "Mom's on the computer."  No...she routinely answers "She's talking to Willie Loomis, Dad!" 

And if you're getting "fee'd" to death by your bank you should find another one, pronto!! 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And if you're getting "fee'd" to death by your bank you should find another one, pronto!! 

Definitely!

Have you given any thought to switching to free checking? Generally you won't get any interest with that type of account. But then, unless you keep a fairly high balance, the interest you acrue is next to nothing anyway. And in the long run you may actually save yourself money if what you're paying out in fees is more than the interest you're taking in.

[Patti Feinberg]

I love you Connie

Patti

[Gerard]

When I opened my first checking account, which was four years after DS went off the air, if you bounced a check, the bank would call and tell you, saying they had covered it, and when you get some time, could you cover it by putting some money into your checking account.  And there were no charges.

Gerard

[Birdie]

Connie,
          Shop around for a bank or credit union.  I have been in banking for years and their is a lot of compition out there.   You really have to look at the fine print, does your bank charge you for using your debt. card or ATM usage.  There are ways around the fees or to cut them in half.
If your bank is part of the SUM Network you will only get one fee from using another bank in the networks ATM.

Good Luck...

Gerard. the first bank I worked for gave away tons of stuff for just depositing.  I swear I still have a complete set of china in my basement.   I don't remember there being many fees back than either.

Some of us in the banking world are still nice and will try to help out the customers.

Birdie

[Connie]

....my daughter doesn't say "Mom's on the computer."  No...she routinely answers "She's talking to Willie Loomis, Dad!" 

ROFL!   Remember Carol who used to be on here?  When she was on the computer her husband would say she was "online, chatting with Barnabas."

[LdyAnne]

My husband calls it chatting with the Shadow people!
He then makes some sort of negative remark about one of the
characters and walks away saying "Evil, burn Witch Burn"
just like Trask.
And he thinks I am weird? 

LdyAnne

[jennifer]

i feel for you Connie my daughter told me i was old the other day
because i objected to kids "necking" in front of the high school.

jennifer
i have to check my bank fees now