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Whole Foods CEO Spurs Boycott With Health Care Views
@Bungus Aurelius: My bad, that was supposed to be in response to @humphrmi
Whole Foods CEO Spurs Boycott With Health Care Views
That's a pretty big "unless" though. In the article Mackey says they deposit "up to $1800" in the HSA account itself, or almost 75% of the yearly deductible. Money that of course rolls over if it isn't used. And the two companies I've worked for since HSAs came into existence have both completely funded the full deductible each year - one a very large corporation and one a very small partnership. I don't know what percentage of companies do that, but I'd be pretty surprised if the majority don't at least partially fund the savings account itself.
Whole Foods CEO Spurs Boycott With Health Care Views
@Christovir: Agreed. But what I like about Mackey is that he'll readily admit to that, it's part of his philosophy. Try to get politicians to admit that they're doing things that are to their own self interest.
Linens 'N Things Returns From The Dead In Online Form
@Dooley: Yep, even though as of one week ago the CVS near me in Chicago was still selling LNT gift cards.
Tennessee Couple Gets $5,000 Loan, 59% Interest Rate
@snowburnt: Brown called CashCall in October 2006 and asked them to send her an application. However, the salesperson said she would need to apply through the Internet. Neither Brown nor Collins knew how to use a computer.
"I don't know how to operate one, because I can't read or spell," says Brown.
The salesperson at CashCall said Brown could ask a friend to help. So she called her nephew, Johnny Lane of Grainger County.
Again, there's nothing in this article or anywhere else that indicates that Brown told the company rep at the time that she was illiterate and that the rep's response to find a friend to help had to do with anything other than operating a computer. Brown "says" something, indicating that it was said in the present tense to the reporter - as explanation - but the rep "said" something, indicating it happened in the past.
In no way does it "look like he let the representative of the company know that he can't read or spell."
As far as the possible small link on the application to the interest rate, I agree and I said in my original comment that I thought they were probably questionable.
Tennessee Couple Gets $5,000 Loan, 59% Interest Rate
@snowburnt: What are you talking about? The loan company told them to get a friend to help them apply online, because the company only does online applications. Not because they were illiterate. And where do you come up with this idea that the company "implied" that it was an application? According to the article, the company talked her and her nephew "through what she thought was just an application process" - nothing at all indicating the company misled. The nephew electronically signed for them.
I have no interest in defending the loan company, I have a hunch that they employ some questionable practices. But you really should read the article before making assertions.
AmTrust Offers Homeowner $50 To Voluntarily Close HELOC
Last month they offered me $1500 cash and to refund all pay-off processing fees for paying off my second mortgage that I have with them. I figured they were just trying to clear up their books a little.
No, You Should Not Launch An E.E.C.B. Against Your Own Employer
@u1itn0w2day: True, he is a customer too, but he probably has access to contact info that a typical customer may not have - internal email addresses, direct dial lines, admin identities, maybe even mobile numbers. And his problem is a CUSTOMER problem, not a CORPORATE (i.e., job related) problem that may justify skipping levels or bringing in an entire group of execs.
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Ally Bank Debits Account Before Customer Verifies That It's Hers
@savvy999: FWIW, eTrade isn't online only - they have a handful of branches where you can deposit checks, etc. As to your question, I have a savings account with Ally and have had no problems moving money in and out. IIRC, the verification process was for moving money out - you can move money in with your first transfer unverified (as the OP did accidentally), but to get money out you need to verify the account you're moving it to.