Comments on: Chasing my Tail http://www.mckeeth.org/2008/09/chasing-my-tail/ Jim McKeeth's blog about everything else Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:33:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: ActualRandy http://www.mckeeth.org/2008/09/chasing-my-tail/comment-page-1/#comment-50285 ActualRandy Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:59:57 +0000 http://www.mckeeth.org/?p=290#comment-50285 I know the feeling - I left my card in the ATM and didn't realize it for a few days. As it turns out, the bank policy is to shred it after 3 days, and it takes two weeks to get a new one. Which meant that my ISP and my hosting company both couldn't bill me. So they both cut me off. Since I'm tired of my ISP anyway, I tried to get a new one. But all the competitors won't make new accounts without debit cards, even my cable company, who is perfectly happy to provide cable service without a debit card. So when I wen to the bank and suggested that 3 days was too short an amount of time before shredding, they told me 'it's our policy'. As if that explained something other than they don't care what I think! I know the feeling – I left my card in the ATM and didn’t realize it for a few days. As it turns out, the bank policy is to shred it after 3 days, and it takes two weeks to get a new one. Which meant that my ISP and my hosting company both couldn’t bill me. So they both cut me off.

Since I’m tired of my ISP anyway, I tried to get a new one. But all the competitors won’t make new accounts without debit cards, even my cable company, who is perfectly happy to provide cable service without a debit card.

So when I wen to the bank and suggested that 3 days was too short an amount of time before shredding, they told me ‘it’s our policy’. As if that explained something other than they don’t care what I think!

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