Really? Expressing honest skepticism makes you a troll these days? I've made it VERY CLEAR that this is all simply my idle speculation, why do you have a problem with that?
I suppose there are bad CUs out there, but the amount of bad customer service, not to mention the nickel and diming to death I've gotten from corporate banks, is just astounding.
Look, I'm just explaining how banks work. If you have an online business, you need a real world address and telephone number on your site. Not 'info@.' Not links from other sites. Not google. The bank needs to know that your customers will have a way to contact you in the real world to resolve disputes, otherwise the bank fears it will have to eat the costs of said disputes.
My credit union, NMEFCU, has an absolutely amazing web site. What credit union web sites did you look at before you arrived at the conclusion that they wouldn't work for you?
Aww, that's very sweet and I'm not trolling or being facetious. If you read the words 'precious' and 'magical' and your first thoughts are of your kids, you must be a really good dad.
Really? I've had nothing but bad customer service from big banks, credit unions treat me like family. But the main thing is, big banks nickel and dime you to death trying to make a profit. Any profit made by a CU is split equitably between the owners, i.e., the customers, so they have no motive to screw you over financially like corporate banks do. With a corporate bank, you are paying them for them to lend out your money for their own profit. That seems pretty damn dumb to me, but to each their own, I guess.
As for the ATM issue, most CUs are a part of the CUanywhere network, and share ATMs without charging fees to other CU customers.
News articles aren't contact info on the site. The bank may be worried that customers will be unable to contact the site to resolve disputes, and they will be forced to eat the costs. This is a common procedure with banks and web based businesses.
Or the three managers who supposedly contacted him may all be homophobes. Which is the more likely explanation?
He said they said that. Would it be a story if he said, "I forgot to put my contact info on my site, and the bank shut down my account for 24 hours while I settled things?" I'm not saying the guy is definitely lying, but there is a strong motive for him to do so.
It means "We think your website might be a scam site because you are hiding from your customers." It means "We don't want to have to pay the costs if your site DOES turn out to be a scam site." It means, "We would rather give all your money back to you and refuse to do business with you than pay these potential costs."
Not saying this was the case, or the bank was right even if it was the case, I'm just saying, this may just be an amateurish attempt to turn a personal fuck-up into some site promotion.
Uh huh, "Objectionable content," that's what he said that some bank manager told him. But stop and consider: would this be any kind of a story unless there were the hint of homophobia around it? No. What is going to promote this guy's site better, "I'm a doofus who won't put up contact information," or "The bank is homophobic!!"
It doesn't matter who the backers are. It doesn't matter that the bank knows who he is. The bank sees that his customers have no way of contacting him, and they think 'potential scam site.'
Who knows, though. Maybe Citibank IS homophobic. Maybe this has nothing to do with compliance. But maybe it has nothing to do with homophobia, either.
Bank does something inexplicable and/or dumb. Film at 11. They already unblocked the account and are doing a "review" of the site apparently. This will probably amount to nothing and they'll simply leave the account open. Wake me if something interesting happens.
Wake you? No, I think we would rather draw a mustache on your face and put your hand in a bowl of warm water.
Well, that makes me wonder: Is Apple just extraordinarily good at brainwashing its customers, or are people who enjoy the Apple experience just very, very suggestible?
The guy runs an online business without having any real world contact information available? It's pretty common for sites lacking this information to fail a bank's compliance check.
Yes, but do you get the fact that I'm just trolling? I've really got nothing against Apple, or Apple fans. It's just that I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, and I needed a good laugh. Well, nothing is funnier than a pissed off Apple fan boy, except maybe a pissed off Gentoo fan or a pissed off Libertarian. Don't worry, I'm sure your precious will be wonderful and magical.
Designed for... Used on... None of this says 'doesn't suck' to me. It says it was designed for small screens and used on a slightly larger one. Maybe it was designed to suck.
No keyboard. It's more expensive than an introductory laptop Has lousy processing and RAM compared to same Made of low quality parts. The OS sucks on small screens
But:
It's from Apple, therefore, all those points are either irrelevant or actually features. You see, it is not the actual hardware or software quality that makes an Apple an Apple. It's the brand. No other brand produces nearly the same sense of smug satisfaction and gloating superiority. Besides owning a large truck that is never used for hauling or off road sporting, nothing says "I have a small penis" like owning something from Apple.
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Really? Expressing honest skepticism makes you a troll these days? I've made it VERY CLEAR that this is all simply my idle speculation, why do you have a problem with that?
I suppose there are bad CUs out there, but the amount of bad customer service, not to mention the nickel and diming to death I've gotten from corporate banks, is just astounding.
YHBT. YHL. HAND. :P
Look, I'm just explaining how banks work. If you have an online business, you need a real world address and telephone number on your site. Not 'info@.' Not links from other sites. Not google. The bank needs to know that your customers will have a way to contact you in the real world to resolve disputes, otherwise the bank fears it will have to eat the costs of said disputes.
My credit union, NMEFCU, has an absolutely amazing web site. What credit union web sites did you look at before you arrived at the conclusion that they wouldn't work for you?
For some Apple fanatics, Apple could sell them a kick in the balls and they'd stand in line for six days just to buy it.
Somebody always says stupid shit like this, but people don't line up just because it's Apple, they line up because they really want the product.
Hell, some people lined up for Vista, but nobody says what you said about MS fanatics.
What's the point? MS fanatics are too stupid to understand that they are being insulted. Where's the fun in that?
Aww, that's very sweet and I'm not trolling or being facetious. If you read the words 'precious' and 'magical' and your first thoughts are of your kids, you must be a really good dad.
Really? I've had nothing but bad customer service from big banks, credit unions treat me like family. But the main thing is, big banks nickel and dime you to death trying to make a profit. Any profit made by a CU is split equitably between the owners, i.e., the customers, so they have no motive to screw you over financially like corporate banks do. With a corporate bank, you are paying them for them to lend out your money for their own profit. That seems pretty damn dumb to me, but to each their own, I guess.
As for the ATM issue, most CUs are a part of the CUanywhere network, and share ATMs without charging fees to other CU customers.
News articles aren't contact info on the site. The bank may be worried that customers will be unable to contact the site to resolve disputes, and they will be forced to eat the costs. This is a common procedure with banks and web based businesses.
Or the three managers who supposedly contacted him may all be homophobes. Which is the more likely explanation?
He said they said that. Would it be a story if he said, "I forgot to put my contact info on my site, and the bank shut down my account for 24 hours while I settled things?" I'm not saying the guy is definitely lying, but there is a strong motive for him to do so.
It means "We think your website might be a scam site because you are hiding from your customers." It means "We don't want to have to pay the costs if your site DOES turn out to be a scam site." It means, "We would rather give all your money back to you and refuse to do business with you than pay these potential costs."
Not saying this was the case, or the bank was right even if it was the case, I'm just saying, this may just be an amateurish attempt to turn a personal fuck-up into some site promotion.
Uh huh, "Objectionable content," that's what he said that some bank manager told him. But stop and consider: would this be any kind of a story unless there were the hint of homophobia around it? No. What is going to promote this guy's site better, "I'm a doofus who won't put up contact information," or "The bank is homophobic!!"
It doesn't matter who the backers are. It doesn't matter that the bank knows who he is. The bank sees that his customers have no way of contacting him, and they think 'potential scam site.'
Who knows, though. Maybe Citibank IS homophobic. Maybe this has nothing to do with compliance. But maybe it has nothing to do with homophobia, either.
"Penis Envy" is a phrase that was invented by, and still exclusively used by, men with very, very small penises.
I really don't understand why anyone would bank with a big corporate bank instead of a credit union.
Bank does something inexplicable and/or dumb. Film at 11. They already unblocked the account and are doing a "review" of the site apparently. This will probably amount to nothing and they'll simply leave the account open. Wake me if something interesting happens.
Wake you? No, I think we would rather draw a mustache on your face and put your hand in a bowl of warm water.
Please don't take me so seriously. It's like Apple fans are just begging to be trolled, I swear.
Well, that makes me wonder: Is Apple just extraordinarily good at brainwashing its customers, or are people who enjoy the Apple experience just very, very suggestible?
The guy runs an online business without having any real world contact information available? It's pretty common for sites lacking this information to fail a bank's compliance check.
Yes, but do you get the fact that I'm just trolling? I've really got nothing against Apple, or Apple fans. It's just that I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, and I needed a good laugh. Well, nothing is funnier than a pissed off Apple fan boy, except maybe a pissed off Gentoo fan or a pissed off Libertarian. Don't worry, I'm sure your precious will be wonderful and magical.
That's okay, just pretend it's a really big clit.
Designed for... Used on... None of this says 'doesn't suck' to me. It says it was designed for small screens and used on a slightly larger one. Maybe it was designed to suck.
"It's not just me who's too stupid to deal with a real OS, everyone is!"
Apple fanboys, gotta love those constant rationalizations.
For some Apple fanatics, Apple could sell them a kick in the balls and they'd stand in line for six days just to buy it.
Well, you see, with the iPad, there is:
No keyboard.
It's more expensive than an introductory laptop
Has lousy processing and RAM compared to same
Made of low quality parts.
The OS sucks on small screens
But:
It's from Apple, therefore, all those points are either irrelevant or actually features. You see, it is not the actual hardware or software quality that makes an Apple an Apple. It's the brand. No other brand produces nearly the same sense of smug satisfaction and gloating superiority. Besides owning a large truck that is never used for hauling or off road sporting, nothing says "I have a small penis" like owning something from Apple.
Go peddle your uninformed opinions to a less discerning and intelligent audience, AC. Nobody here cares.