wallet by mangpages
My time is worth something to me.
For those of you following along my banking saga…
I paid the $35.
After all was said and done, SmugMug refunded the annual fee (of their own volition), and Citizens backed down from the majority of the fees they’d charged, leaving me $35 overdrawn. Again, on a closed account, but who’s keeping track…
Today, I called Citizens’ collections department and paid the $35 by check and asked that the account be closed. Again.
Hopefully, this is the end of it. I’m lucky that $35 isn’t going to mean that we can’t eat this week, or that we have to make other budget decisions.
Not everyone has that luxury.
I had a similar problem with another bank with closing an account for my grandfather, which I had been left in charge of, after he died. I think account closing is a commonly poorly handled process with a lot of banks. I loved your email to them.
Sorry you had to give into the fee, but hopefully it’s over and done with.
I’d consider this a success!
It’s blood money. They can be worse than the mafia, so good riddance. I hope.