[ale] OT: Bank of America

[George Johnson]

Jim Philips wrote:

>Thanks for all the replies. My current bank is a little too fee-happy and BofA 
>offers a much better deal for people like me who rarely need the humans at 
>the bank.
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My brother is a CPA for the company that makes the photos for Cabellas 
catalog.  BofA is one of the banks that he refuses to use.  He just 
moved the funds from one of those banks with "trust" in its name and 
saved the company 5 figures a year in charges.  I know Clark Howard has 
mentioned BofA by name in a negative way many times.  He and others that 
are interested in comsumers get a good deal suggest small banks.  Many 
of these smaller banks still offer free checking etc.  Besides you are 
more likely to get better service in other areas there too.  I am making 
the move away from BofA very soon.

And yes, Mozilla works with their on line banking just fine.  I use it 
now.  I am looking for a small bank that has online banking too so I can 
continue that service when I move my funds.

As it goes with BofA moving jobs to India, I have given up working in 
the computer field because of it.  I am getting into real estate.  I 
figure, what do I have to lose.  I have gotten fed up with the layoffs.  
It is not going to happen to me again if I have anything to say about 
it.  I guess my Linux usage will just be a hobby from now on, which is 
where my love of computers got its start.

gj