Look out the Bank Nazi's are on the march!

[OntheRail]

Ok Yesterday I get a certified letter from my Bank asking for me to contact them for a conference call and interview. So today I call. They start grilling me about some wire transfers to Asia for company stock purchases direct from a supplier... what I'm getting and why and so forth. Tell them it really is none of their business what I'm legally purchasing with my funds. However I co-operated. The Bank Nazi gets all bent after realizing that the purchases are business related. To which I said why yes it is and again what concern was it to them?

Well she goes on what are these entries... starts rattling off my ADW's... Bris.. Bloodhorse...DRF, Progressive Handicapping... and Gale Howard plus a lottery website. Then asks if they are gambling related?

Which I said "Bris.. Bloodhorse...DRF, Progressive Handicapping..." it was Horse Breed Consulting for questions related to possible breeding for horse stock.

To which the Bank Nazi declared was gambling and said "it all stops". That all of the things I listed are banned and if it continues they are seizing my account and shutting it off, plus blocking all of my ATM purchases.

Now I explained that the Gail Howard thing was nothing but a software disk. Bris was past performance information and not a gambling website.
That Progressive was a site that only provides breeding information.
And the Bank Nazi would not allow the use of my account at all to deal with these companies.

Also railed on about the ADW's which I explained is legal in the USA. That only lottery sales across state lines are banned. I told them they need to research that and they will see that I'm right.

The Key Bank Nazi said their bank FROWNS on these transactions and can not protect me if any other person got access to the account. Now we all know that has happened at major retailer and banks.
This is how Key Bank in Ohio is operating and basically dictating to me what I can do with my money. After cleaning my barn I wondered if I should call them and ask them what I'm allowed to eat tonight...


Anyway. The problem did not begin UNTIL I won money and had it wired back into my account. So I think if I would have asked for a check to be sent I would of not been targeted by the Key Bank Nazi's.
So now everyone dealing with that bank I would suggest a check because winning burned me with using that bank. Even though I have used it for years and years. So tomorrow I end a 30+ year relationship with that bank.
I really think they need to go examine the Country they set business up in. Last I heard it was USA not North Korea.

[Greyfox]

Originally Posted by OntheRail

So tomorrow I end a 30+ year relationship with that bank.
.

Smart move.
I wouldn't have waited until tomorrow.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Smart move.
I wouldn't have waited until tomorrow.

I agree, you can't have people you do business treat you like a criminal.

The way i look at it this. Either you are a criminal or you're not.....so, if you're an actual criminal, they need to report you to authorities...if you're NOT a criminal, than they need to treat you like someone who is an upstanding citizen.

How funny and ironic is it that banks are the ones treating honest Joe's in society like crooks when banks and bankers are the reason that this big recession happened....and the govt is giving THEM all this free money, the banks have essentially stopped giving Joe Blow simple interest and there are no more money markets and yet THEY are the ones treating people like common criminals.

its incredible if you really stop and think about it.

[OntheRail]

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Smart move.
I wouldn't have waited until tomorrow.

It was to near the end of the day to start ending it with them... I'm just stunned by this.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by OntheRail

It was to near the end of the day to start ending it with them... I'm just stunned by this.

Sorry to hear this and there's no doubt it feels terrible to be a 30 year customer and get treated like that.

[chadk66]

After I pulled my money out I would have my attorney draft them a nice little letter just for giggles. Banks squirm big time when attorneys get involved.

[johnhannibalsmith]

Welcome to freedom beginning tomorrow.

The third and final sentence on my end would have been "Goodbye."

[castaway01]

Originally Posted by chadk66

After I pulled my money out I would have my attorney draft them a nice little letter just for giggles. Banks squirm big time when attorneys get involved.

That's a good idea---definitely do this.

[OntheRail]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

I agree, you can't have people you do business treat you like a criminal.

The way i look at it this. Either you are a criminal or you're not.....so, if you're an actual criminal, they need to report you to authorities...if you're NOT a criminal, than they need to treat you like someone who is an upstanding citizen.

How funny and ironic is it that banks are the ones treating honest Joe's in society like crooks when banks and bankers are the reason that this big recession happened....and the govt is giving THEM all this free money, the banks have essentially stopped giving Joe Blow simple interest and there are no more money markets and yet THEY are the ones treating people like common criminals.

its incredible if you really stop and think about it.

All my imports are cleared and declared... Betting on the ponies is not the Online Poker/Gambling that this ding-a-ling has confused it with. Bloodhorse... DRF... Progressive nor Bris can be considered gaming sites. And Gale Howard sells CD program that the wife purchased from. I'm going to see if I can get the Bank Nazi to send me a list of online businesses that she Frowns on and that I can no longer perform commerce with according to her.

Where will it stop... oh you go to the beverage store to often... we're denying all transaction of that nature. Oh you eat out to much... Denied or fuel your vehicle way to often.... Denied.

Sure they want to look out for me...

Then as you said pay some interest on my money and stop nickel and dimming me to death.

It's my money if I choice to spend it in a fashion that is legal... so be it. Guess I'll be Green dotting it for a week or so till my new account is set up. Local Branch Manager will not be happy when I see em' in the morning... You can take that to the bank.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by OntheRail

All my imports are cleared and declared... Betting on the ponies is not the Online Poker/Gambling that this ding-a-ling has confused it with. Bloodhorse... DRF... Progressive nor Bris can be considered gaming sites. And Gale Howard sells CD program that the wife purchased from. I'm going to see if I can get the Bank Nazi to send me a list of online businesses that she Frowns on and that I can no longer perform commerce with according to her.

Where will it stop... oh you go to the beverage store to often... we're denying all transaction of that nature. Oh you eat out to much... Denied or fuel your vehicle way to often.... Denied.

Sure they want to look out for me...

Then as you said pay some interest on my money and stop nickel and dimming me to death.

It's my money if I choice to spend it in a fashion that is legal... so be it. Guess I'll be Green dotting it for a week or so till my new account is set up. Local Branch Manager will not be happy when I see em' in the morning... You can take that to the bank.

Im sure you've been doing business in the same way for quite a while, right? Its not like the transactions you were making are new to you and your history, its pretty bad that they treated you like this without thinking to themseleves "lets make sure this is not legit before we roast this guy over the coals" and they didnt do that.

But, we are in the new age of doing business, just treat the customer like crap, alienate him, insult him, treat him like a criminal and if he's actually honest, oh well, oops.

[OntheRail]

Originally Posted by chadk66

After I pulled my money out I would have my attorney draft them a nice little letter just for giggles. Banks squirm big time when attorneys get involved.

Yep that's the drift I'm leaning to... better if I can get it in writing from them. What would be good to include in such a correspondence. Just to give him a direction? If I may call upon the collective wisdom of PA.

[chadk66]

just to show u how out of hand it has gotten here is a nice little story. back in late 07' I closed a business I had. A couple years later I got a letter from the state telling me I had over paid workers comp. Had a three hundred dollar credit. I asked them to send me a check for it but make it out to me and not the business since I closed the business and have no account with the business name anymore. well low and behold they send me a check made to the business. so I take it to my bank which I have been doing business with for a long time. The president is a good friend of mine. they would not cash it since it was in a business name. 9/11 changed a pile of stuff in the banking world and this was one of them. they are scared to death of the feds.

[MONEY]

It's not bank Nazi's that are preventing from doing what you want with your
money. It's Obama.

All banks may soon have to cave in to Operation Choke Point.

Operation Choke Point is an ongoing initiative of the United States Department of Justice that was announced in 2013,[1] which is investigating banks in the United States and the business they do with payment processors, payday lenders, and other companies believed to be at higher risk for fraud and money laundering.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_Point

[Milkshaker]

Originally Posted by OntheRail

Where will it stop... oh you go to the beverage store to often... we're denying all transaction of that nature.

Umm, guess what?

This is already happening.

Credit card companies can and do deny or cut back credit based on the types of purchases you make.

Alcohol, porn, marriage counseling and psychological therapy are among the credit card no-no purchases listed on the Consumerism Commentary website (http://www.consumerismcommentary.com...m-your-credit/).

I thought the oddest inclusion on the list was this:

"Retreading your tires. If you choose to retread rather than replace tires, credit card companies assume you do not have the money to properly maintain your possessions. And if the issuers believe you have less money than you may have indicated when you applied for the card, they might choose to reduce your benefits."

[Tom]

Originally Posted by johnhannibalsmith

The third and final sentence on my end would have been "Goodbye."

Not mine......not even close!