L.L. Bean Is Breaking Up With Bank Of America, Effective July 1, 2008

Reader Tim scanned a letter he got from Bank of America announcing that the bank and retailer L.L. Bean were breaking up.

“As a valued customer, you should know about an important change to your Bank of America L.L. Bean Visa credit card account. L.L. Bean and Bank of America, the provider of your card, have agreed to discontinue our relationship effective July 1, 2008.”

Bank of America says they’ll be sending you a non-L.L. Bean affiliated replacement card. But will a regular old Bank of America card ever fill the hole in your heart?

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