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Insiders: Probable 1-Year Timeline For Customers In WaMu To Chase Transfer
One of our commenters, mavrick67, who says they have over 20 years banking experience and have witnessed 8 takeovers throughout the years, provided a timeline as to what you can expect.
WaMu Customers, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Is Your New Regulator
As an aside, WaMu’s charter was under the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS). Chase’s bank regulator is the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Whether being a Chase customer was your choice or not, if you ever have a major complaint about Chase regarding what you feel is on the bank’s part malfeasance, you’ll want to send it to the OCC.
JPMorgan Chase: WaMu Customers Should Bank As Usual
It’s official, WaMu customers are now JPMorgan Chase customers. In the interest of keeping you from pulling your money out, Chase has posted a FAQ for concerned WaMu customers that explains how the transition will take place. Most importantly, Chase says that if you bank at Chase and WaMu already — your accounts are still insured separately by the FDIC — for now.
Morning Deals
Highlights From Dealhack
- Sony Style: Refurbished Sony Vaio FZ240E Notebook PC $765 with Coupon
- Eastern Mountain Sports: Save 30%+ off Garmin, Magellan, & Highgear Electronics
- Geeks: Loaded HP ProLiant DL380 G3 Dual Xeon 2.8GHz Server $480
Highlights From Buxr
- Walgreens: $5 off $20 printable coupon
- Shop4Tech: Samsung WEP301 Bluetooth Headset for $10 after 15% off coupon code: PS15 and $20 rebate w/ Free shipping
- Foot Locker Champs & Footaction 30% friends and family printable coupon
Highlights From Dealnews
Ex-Credit Card Bankers: "Every Customer Who Calls In Is A Mark. It's A Great Big Con."
CNN has an interview with two former credit card bankers who are admitting that their job was to get consumers to max out their credit cards and take on as much debt as possible, regardless of the customer’s ability to afford it. They both worked for MBNA at their “sprawling consumer call center in Belfast, Maine.” The bankers say that they were told to aggressively push cash advances, and were trained to convince consumers that they needed the maximum amount of debt at the highest interest rate.
Walmart's 2 For $5 Hot Dog Deal Is A Trap!
Reader Albert says he took this photo at his local Walmart in Olathe, Kansas. As you can see, Walmart has set a trap for people who love hot dogs and hate math.
Morning Deals
- Dell: Buy 2 monitors or printers, get 1 free
- Woot: Breville 15-Bar Die-Cast Espresso & Cappuccino Maker for $149.99
- Newegg: Sennheisser PXC150 Noise Cancellation Headphones for $18 Shipped After Rebate
Highlights From Buxr
- Best Buy: Samsung 50″ 720p Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV + Samsung Home Theater System with Upconvert DVD Player for $978 + $34 Shipping
- Conde Nast: Free sample of Bertolli pasta sauce
- Buy.com: Otto OT-3 – Wireless MP3 Headset Player for $14.99 w/ Free shipping
Highlights From Dealnews
- Circuit City: Nintendo Wii Fit for $90 + $10 s&h, more (updated)
- Walmart: Walmart HDTV Roundup: Vizio, Sanyo, more from $257 + $9 s&h
- Graveyard Mall: Faucets and showerheads from $30 + $6 s&h
Highlights From Dealhack
- REI Outlet: Save $50: $50 off Alps Mountaineering Synergy 40 Backpack $30
- Amazon: Cuisinart DLC-10S ProPro Food Processor $100 Shipped
- Orbitz: Big City Sale: Up to 50% Off Hotel & Flight Packages
Timberland Offering Up To $150 To Recipients Of Its Text Message Spam
Under the terms of a preliminary settlement agreement, [Timberland and e-commerce company GSI] will pay $7 million into a cash fund to reimburse those who received the messages, according to KamberEdelson LLC, one of the law firms that helped bring the suit.
Verizon Announces Monthly Plans With No Early Termination Fees
Facing increased pressure from consumers and lawmakers alike, Verizon has announced that they will begin offering monthly cellphone plans with no early termination fees. Consumers wishing to take advantage of the plans will be required to pay full price for a phone, or provide their own phone, as Verizon will not be subsidizing the cost of handsets.
Found Wall Street ATM Receipt Shows $97,084.23 Balance
With all the concern about unemployed Wall Street sloggers and whether they’ll be able to keep up their leveraged lifestyle, or even get an apartment, this ATM receipt a reader’s coworker found sitting in a Wall Street ATM with a balance of $97,084.23 shows there’s at least one person who is going to be okay. Plus, this guy knows what he’s doing; note how the balance is just under the $100,000 limit for full FDIC coverage.
Walmart Register Scales Off By As Much As 5 lbs
Maybe there’s a localized outbreak of inaccurate grocery store scales happening in Kansas City, MO — or maybe grocery store scales in general are just not very accurate? A local KC news team decided to randomly test some grocery store check out scales to see if you were being charged the correct amount for your green beans and whatnot. 5 out of 30 of the scales tested were inaccurate. The news team also went through 2,000 state inspections and found the most egregious examples of malfunctioning scales.
Morning Deals
- Buy.com: Altec Lansing SnugFit Earphones for $46.77 Shipped
- Cold Stone Creamery: Thursday night, free 3 oz. serving of Jack or Emily’s Creation
- Club Pogo UK: Get 10,000 Pogo (a casual game site) Tokens, which can be used to enter drawings with cash prizes
Highlights From Dealnews
- Spirit Airlines: Spirit Airlines Sale: 1-way tickets from $9
- Amazon.com: Timex Men’s Watches for $30 + free shipping
- Geeks.com: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz Barebones Geek Kit for $340 + $25 s&h
Highlights From Buxr
- Shop4Tech: 15% off sitewide coupon code: PS15
- Target: 10% Off Coupon code: I8AUPGZ7 No Minimum
- Meritline: PQI i221 4GB USB Flash Drive for $9.99 w/ Free shipping
Highlights From Dealhack
- Amazon: HP 2133 Mini-Note Ultraportable PC now only $404
- REI Outlet: Save $96: Brunton Lite-Tech 8 x 42 Binoculars $64
- Linens ‘N Things: Save 20% off All Oneida Flatware & Dinnerware
USAA Temporarily Deletes 14k Roth IRA, But Won't Explain Why
USAA just pulled a huge mindf#@k on Travis and his wife, and now he wants to talk to someone high enough up the chain to find out what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again. His wife “went online yesterday to check on some transactions and discovered her IRA balance was $0. Six hours prior to that, her balance was $14,000.” When she tried to find out what had happened, the first CSR she spoke with told her she had no IRA account, and the second CSR told her to refresh her browser. Yeah, you know how these newfangled browswers are always wiping out retirement accounts.
Dell: We Can Only Send You The Wrong Kind Of Battery
Dell charged this guy’s daughter over $200 for replacement batteries that don’t even match her laptop. When her battery died, Dell sent her the wrong battery. Since she was out of warranty, Dell insisted that they could only continue to send her the wrong battery. When she asked why, Bill says the a supervisor repeatedly said, “I don’t know ma’am, that’s not my problem.”
Central Florida TV News Accuses Walmart Of Price Gouging Poor People
Local 6 news in Central Florida is accusing Walmart of setting their prices for sugar and other “staples” by demographic — charging more in stores where the population isn’t as wealthy as other neighborhoods. Walmart’s spokesperson claims to be offended by this accusation.
Morning Deals
- Woot: It’s a woot-off!
- Circuit City: Samsung ML1630 Monochrome Laser Printer for $99.99 Shipped
- Amazon: Sony Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller for $40.96 Shipped
Highlights From Dealnews
- BackCountryOutlet: The North Face Men’s Trilithium Triclimate Jacket for $92 + free shipping
- Skype: Skype.com: Unlimited calling from $3 per month
- Amazon.com: Unlocked Samsung I321N Smartphone for $150 + free shipping
Highlights From Dealhack
- Staples: Envision 22-inch WS Dual Input LCD $173 Shipped
- Newegg: Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 Suite for up to 3 PCs $95 Shipped
- Buy.com: G-Force Dual Interface 500GB USB & eSATA Drive $70 & Free Shipping
Highlights From Buxr
- Teva.com: Men’s Basalt Slide TEVA for $19.90 w/ free shipping with coupon code: ShipFall08
- Caribou Coffee: 20% off coupon with no minimum. Apply coupon code: FALLSALE
- Staples: Samsung ML-2510 Laser Printer for $49.98 after $50 rebate and $20 instant savings w/ Free shipping
Retailers Like Target May Be In Trouble As Consumers Run Out Of Money
Forbes says that Wall Street is starting to be concerned about Target because of an increase in the amount of delinquencies in its credit card operation. Uh oh…
