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WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« on: September 03, 2009, 11:10:33 AM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090903/us_nm/us_bank_thumbprint   

No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man
       
MIAMI (Reuters) – A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.

"They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, 'Well, obviously you can't give us a thumbprint'," Steve Valdez told CNN on Wednesday.

But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a check drawn on his wife's account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs.

In the incident last week, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the check without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them.

"I told them I neither wanted an account with them and couldn't bring my wife in because she was nowhere close by," Valdez told CNN.

Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations."

Valdez said his treatment by the bank violated the U.S. Americans with
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2009, 11:16:09 AM »
Yeah. because we should trust that everyone who wants to draw on someone elses account is always truthful. If they really want to avoid this, shouldn't he just be added to the account? Why is it the bank's fault that his wife does not trust him? Or maybe he should get his own account. Just because you are disabled, does not mean you are trustworthy.
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1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friends, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2009, 11:49:45 AM »
What happened to the good old days when you could just trust a man based on his handshake..... oh, nevermind
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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2009, 12:30:48 PM »
What happened to the good old days when you could just trust a man based on his handshake..... oh, nevermind


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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2009, 01:09:43 PM »
It really sucks that nobody there would give this guy a hand.  :rimshot:
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2009, 01:38:50 PM »
Bank of America really needs to get a HANDle on these type situations...
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 01:42:24 PM »
- will say this though, with the strict rules and policies in place, I bet the teller that denied him really felt like she had both arms tied behind her back.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2009, 02:07:10 PM »
Well, if he were to sue for discrimination,

he would at least have a leg to stand on.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2009, 02:14:58 PM »
There's something wrong about all of you making fun of this guy, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2009, 02:18:08 PM »
This whole discussion just makes me want to face-palm....wait
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2009, 02:29:11 PM »
If it was me, I would have probably kicked the bank managers ass...
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2009, 02:37:02 PM »
He could file a discrimination suit but he'd have about as much chance of winning as a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2009, 02:37:28 PM »
I wonder if the girl that refused him will get a slap on the hand?
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2009, 02:37:36 PM »
If I were this guy, I'd be coming back into the bank with an ARMy of attorneys.  He's not looking for a HANDout, just to be treated equally. 
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2009, 02:49:08 PM »
And can't one of the largest banks in America hire better spokespeople? She really stuck her foot in her mouth in her explanation...
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2009, 02:49:55 PM »
Those attorneys will be busier then a one armed paper-hanger
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« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2009, 02:51:04 PM »
You guys do realize if he wins this case he will be raking in money, hand over fist.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2009, 03:05:00 PM »
I wish I had a hand in this case, maybe even two.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2009, 03:21:55 PM »
Can't wait too see him " High Five" his attorney.
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Re: WOW, Bank of America does really suck
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2009, 03:32:56 PM »
But if you lost it for him AWK, I would be scared he would tell you to go fuck yourself and give you the finger...
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