Originally Posted By: Hal Itosis
The checks were actually written to myself, and i deposited them into another account at a different bank.] But apparently my signature has "changed" enough that bank #1 felt happy not to honor them... so now i'm stuck with several bounced check fees for simply trying to transfer my own money from one bank to another.

And that likely has its roots in the original rationale (as I recall) for having things like Debit Cards. The banks were able to save a lot of money by laying off a bunch of people who would otherwise have been involved in things like service. There was a time when the bank would have had someone call you to verify before making such a drastic move as bouncing your cheque.

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Last edited by ryck; 10/03/11 06:35 AM.
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