Cut up your Bank of America & MBNA credit cards

[Botany]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/industries/banking/13529871.htm

Bank of America buys up MBNA (Lerner Family ..... Ohio Bush Backers) and
lays off 6,000 employees. If you own a credit card from any of these groups you are putting money
into the pockets of really bad people.

[Kolesar]

1. Randy Lerner must have made a boatload of moola selling MBNA

I hope it doesn't end up in the accounts of AEI or the Bradley foundation.

[Botany]

5. you can bet some went to keeping the Ohio elections dirty

[flamin lib]

2. I did even better. I filed chapter 13 with lots of money on their

credit cards. Most they can get is 25%.

[Greyhound]

16. LOL!

Me too Chapter 7 for about $80,000. :rofl:

[RebelOne]

3. Sorry, but I have a Bank of America checking account,

savings account and credit card. And I am not giving up any of them.

[Botany]

7. Please

[BeeBee]

15. Sorry, they pay my partner's wages

and give us domestic partnership benefits. There's no way I'm going to leave B of A.

[jobycom]

21. Condolences

Worst bank I ever used was Bank of America. Has nothing to do with politics, they were the most expensive, least responsive, and most aggressive with their advertising blitz.

[verse18]

4. I'm working on

paying off them mofos now.

[sharp_stick]

6. Haven't dealt with them for years

BofA is directly responsible for 10's of thousands of job losses. These predatory bastards buy up smaller banks and dump everyone out on the street and give their own management a nice pat on the back and a kick ass bonus. Merger-mania is alive and well with these scumbags.

[flamin lib]

17. Think BofA is bad, check into Chase Morgan.

They kept acquiring banks until I had 6 figures unsecured debt with them.

We went to Washington Mutual--very user friendly and economical. I'm told that Wells Fargo is among the least consumer friendly. My bk attorney said they will freeze your accounts even if you have no outstanding credit with them and they'll raise your interest rates if you make a late payment on SOMEBODY ELSE'S credit card.

[Matariki]

18. can you explain how Chase acquiring banks

gave you over $100,000 in debt? i don't get the connection between those two things.

[Cleita]

27. Yes, I love Washington Mutual.

DH and I had B of A for those years we were RV'ers because it was easy to access money no matter which state we were in. There usually was a B of A somewhere in the vicinity.

The credit card was a left over from those days, but I don't care for their usuary interest rates and I really hate MBNA. I refuse to have any credit card that they back.

It seems lately that I've been using mostly my American Express card for convenience and small purchases only. Also, CostCo doesn't accept anything but American Express.

[Flubadubya]

8. I have one, but...

I will continue to use it as I always have... exactly how they DON'T want you to; i.e. any charges made on the card are paid in full within a month, and there is never a finance charge. They just hate that, but that is what I always have done and will continue to do. I think this works better than dropping the account. :evilgrin:

[Botany]

9. Cut up your Bank of America & MBNA credit cards

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/industries/banking/13529871.htm

Bank of America buys up MBNA (Lerner Family ..... Ohio Bush Backers) and
lays off 6,000 employees. If you own a credit card from any of these groups you are putting money
into the pockets of really bad people.

[lpbk2713]

10. They want to be to the banking world .....

what Wal-Mart is to the retail world. A collossus devouring all the competition.

[Flubadubya]

11. delete

[1932]

12. They make between roughly .5 and 2.25% of whatever you spend on the card

depending on their agreement with the merchant.

You're still making money for them even if you pay off your balance.

Join a credit union if you really want to keep your bank's profits local.

[lapislzi]

13. I started '06 debt free

and I intend to stay that way. It was a colossal struggle...but they are not getting one more dime of interest from me. Instead, I use THEIR money for 30 days.

[InsultComicDog]

25. I still owe 14 grand

...but only for my mortgage. Cars and credit cards are all paid off.

[Agnomen]

14. Took advantage of one of those "no interest for first year"

offers I get in the mail from banks, and transferred my MBNA balance to new card, then canceled their dirty little card years ago. I pay off credit card balances every month, but just wanted MBNA to know I was transferring out.

[Cleita]

19. Already did it last month. Paid off outstanding balances

and shredded away.

[Earth_First]

20. I emerged from credit card debt last summer. NEVER again!

It's quite a feeling actually...

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Do I Have To Get One First?

Don't have either. And, we're zero balance people.
The Professor

[jobycom]

23. ANy suggestions on who is good? And wasn't BofA run by the guy

who Bush let drive our submarine into a Japanese fishing trawler full of kids?

[InsultComicDog]

24. Rut Roh

I've got a bunch of 'em

[wixomblues]

26. Jokes on them! I never pay.