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I had citbank visa cards for years - paid them all off years ago. I had 
nothing but bad service from them for many years. "bad" = arrogant,
error-prone, inflexible, expensive. They are still expensive. Add up the
service fees, access fees, transaction fees, check fees, interest,
your time spent on hold, etc, and you'll be amazed at how much you pay
them annually for the relationship. Or how did you think they got the
tens of billions they like to lavish on third-world countries and
enterprises? Don't be naive. Citibank is the epitome of large
arrogant enterprises who spend most of their time trying to create
captive audiences and then extract as much as possible from them...
Unfortunately, they know no one really believes their true nature,
so they thrive on succeeding generations of "consumers". If you need
banking services or credit, by all means go to a local credit union
(check those out first too - not all credit unions are unlike banks)...
good luck







Jamie (jamie@treworgy.xxx.com) wrote:

: I'll second that - and in their further defense, they seem to have the
: most small-consumer-friendly account fees and policies of any of the
: banks around here.  After having two separate independent banks
: swallowed up by big ones (first Sovran->Nationspank, then Columbia
: First->First Union) I found there weren't any other indies with branches
: near my home or office, so I checked out Citibank - they offered a
: no-fee no-minimum checking account, free PC banking, and also are pretty
: convenient to deal with - you don't need deposit slips when you make
: deposits in person (just swipe your card), for example.

: After getting charged from $8-$15 per month at the aforementioned other
: big banks for the privilege of having a checking account under a grand,
: and actually being charged once for using a live teller at First Union,
: among other insults, Citibank was refreshing to discover.  Hope they
: don't follow the big-bank trend, and stay friendly.

: Jamie

: Terry Wolfe wrote:
: > 
: > In Citibank's defense, I will say only that it is the only bank here in
: > D.C. that I have found that no longer charges non-customers a fee for
: > using its ATM.
: > 
: > That alone, given the climate, is extraordinary.
: > 
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: > Terry Wolfe, Washington, D.C.
: > When replying, remove the .NOSPAM, or be rebuffed!

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