I need to calm down. I am feeling great anger towards my bank, Wachovia. Going forward, I willl refer to them as Wa-Caca. Wa-Caca closes at 3:00 everyday except Friday. Friday it’s open a little later. That’s because they know that people who work until 5:00 like to go out and do things on Fridays. They want their hours to be as unfriendly to their customers as possible. On my lunch hour, I went to my local Wa-Caca branch. The man who said he would help me was unable to because his system was down. He promised to call me when it came back up. He didn’t. Finally, I decided to call Wa-Caca on the phone and get help that way. HA! I asked questions about their Crown Banking account and I could tell the girl was reading from the same pamphlet that I had in front of me. She transferred me to some man who insisted upon calling me Ma’am. He asked me why I would even bother with the Crown Banking account— sure it wouldn’t charge me a hundred dollars annual fee and I would get free atm withdrawls but otherwise— it’s the same. I finally just hung up. Then I remembered I had forgotten to setup my account so I could download transactions with Microsoft Money. I called back and was told it was 10.00 a month for that service.
I am at the point where I want to withdrawl all my money and go elsewhere.
Anyone know of a good bank?

We have PNC and it is pretty much the same. It may be just a coincidence, but I went to PNC about 11:40 AM today and “the system was down” there too. We both used to bank with Wachovia, but switched only because the local PNC is more convenient.
Hey, Steve says if you find a place with no/low fees, let him know!
Go to a customer friendly bank like the one I go to. I’m serious, I go to Kathy, the girl at the desk, and she knows everything and takes care of everything. They all know my name and since I seldom go there, that is amazing. Tell me what you need and I will get you the info.