Scams

If you had WaMu checking account and since had your account converted to one of the Chase checking accounts, you may want to know the following rules that Chase will apply to any and all of your accounts. Some of these rules are strange, others are simply ridiculous:

 -    Unless you sign a paper releasing the bank of any liability in case you are robbed or assaulted when you withdraw large amount of money (cash) you can’t get your money. The issue is twofold:

     a) You can’t get YOUR money, unless you release all liability the bank may have. While this doesn’t sound like a big deal, read the point “B” and see why it actually matters.

     b) Imagine a scenario where a bank employee learns about you taking a large sum of money from your account and then tipping off local thugs…If during the investigation you learn that someone at the bank was involved – you can’t sue the bank for poor security, lack of employee background checks, or any other reason.

We get a lot of junk mail almost daily. Most of it is coupons, advertisments, free catalogs, free news papers - just the regular junk we americans receive every day. While i dislike all this unwanted mail, I usually tolerate it by putting all of it into a bin for recyclabale materials. However one mail card has caught my attention - at a glance, it appeared that we were being notified that we are due for our regular AC and heating maintenance tune-up. The "Service reminder" did say that we are DUE. However, we just had our system installed half a year ago by my father, so I knew very well that we were not due for any service.