OK, I try to keep this a family program, but the best I can do here is the symbols.
We’re closing all of our Bank of America accounts immediately. I’m just at the end of my patience. And the barriers are huge, it’s going to take me 2 days to move everything. But it’s worth it, because they’re driving me crazy. Recent issues:
(1) Took 4 months, 5 phone calls, 8 emails, and 2 visits to get checks and deposit slips for new accounts
(2) They made me open new accounts for new tax ID number (OK so far), then told me to keep the old accounts open for 6 months, then continued to charge me for all services on the old account (including payroll we were no longer using) and will not reverse the charges 6 months later when I finally noticed they were stealing from me
(3) They put any check I write from Cambridge Trust on an arbitrary 10 day hold, despite the fact that the money clears in less than 24 hours!
There’s more, but this stuff gets boring quickly, doesn’t it?
Bank of America is awful! They literally have the worst customer “service” on the planet, not to mention they use the funds from overdraft fees to blow up mountains in West Virginia for coal mining. I totally feel you.
On another note, I am also commenting concerning a possible donation from Clover Food Lab (I didn’t see an email address- please let me know if there is one!). Each year, Northeastern University’s Husky Energy Action Team, an on-campus environmental group that I’m part of, puts on a three-week-long, energy-saving competition called Do it in the Dark. The primary goal of Do it in the Dark is to reduce each on-campus residence hall’s overall energy consumption, which is measured and recorded by facilities over the three weeks. HEAT is happy to say that during our last Do it in the Dark, residence halls cut up to one-quarter of their energy usage in only twenty-one days!
HEAT, which was founded as a chapter of the Campus Climate Challenge, seeks to educate students about the advantages of moving towards carbon-neutrality and environmental sustainability in the most fun and interactive ways possible. HEAT encourages students to live a more sustainable existence during DIITD (and after!) with everything from games of ecologically-minded Jeopardy, to green movie screenings, to sustainable fashion shows! Additionally, HEAT does one week of Dorm Storming, a door-to-door campaign that tells students the many reasons for DIITD, as well as all the events and prizes.
Prizes are singularly the most effective way to garner student attention and support. Clover Food lab has been incredible in its efforts to encourage the consumption of natural and organic products and advocating for sustainable business methods. HEAT is asking for your support in energizing students to incorporate sustainability-minded practices in their everyday routines, just as you have so aptly done for the residents of Boston and Cambridge.
If you are interested, please contact nuheat@gmail.com or amynedison@gmail.com. You may also reach me by phone at 617-717-8279.
Thank you for your consideration, and hope to hear from you soon!
Amy Edison
Director of Outreach
Husky Energy Action Team
Your not the first one it is even worse with credit cards and students attending college. Putting hold and after 3pm then the accounts are revised for the day with deposit from the am before 3pm and cecks coming in the pits rosemary