I just got $50 for opening a new bank account!

[guanin]

Whoohoo! That was awesome. And now I can start selling books!

Comments

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Heh, so what happened to "Banks suck!", there? ;)

[guanin.livejournal.com]

That was before the $50. No, but the "Banks suck!" thing is still there because I have yet to receive my money from the London bank and that is much more than $50.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

I will not give you my regular "Banks are good! Save your money in them!" lecture, because you're right. They should give you your London money.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I've had so much back and forth with that bank that I don't even want to pick up a phone anymore. Supposedly I've transferred the money, but since their system is different from the US system (much, much more security numbers), so I don't know. It's a whole bunch of BS, really.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Which bank is it? Some of them are notorious for being difficult.

[lotus0kid.livejournal.com]

Yay money! I recently deposited my lone paycheck. It was... yeah, it was the biggest check I've ever received for any reason in my life.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

HSBC. They did not appreciate my not being able to give them any more numbers other than the account number and the routing number. UK banks have a myriad numbers and codes and words and if you're missing one, you have to reset the whole thing. Which is good for security, but not for UK-US bank relations.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

You won't believe it, but that was my first thought; my grandparents had a hell of a time getting their money out of them, and I'm not sure if they ever managed it.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Money is awesome. I need to figure out how to get some more.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap. They better give me my money, cause I'm not going to let up. It's half my savings.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Well, they may have had more problems doing it because they died. I don't think you'll have that problem ;)

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Oh. That would make things more difficult I did it on Monday and these things are supposed to take a while, so we'll see.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

I hope you do get your money; I think they may have been a little more willing to give my grandparents the runaround because they were rather old and, well, maybe they were hoping they would die. But that's just me being cynical.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

They're banks. Being cynical is perfectly warranted.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Well, let's broaden it to: they're businesses. Cynicism is warranted, but they're a necessary evil.