Slog - Comments on Got Deposits at WaMu? Meet Your New Banker, JP Morgan Chase

Comment by jackie treehorn

jackie treehorn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:30:23 -0800

Just as I complete my online BECU application!

Comment by Ivan Cockrum

Ivan Cockrum — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:32:39 -0800

Damn, I KNEW I should've bought stock when it was down at $1.80.

Comment by Jonathan Golob

Jonathan Golob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:51:42 -0800

I wish it was HSBC.

And, can I now say I told you so?

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:56:09 -0800

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:57:18 -0800

Golob, the shorting ban really helped, didn't it?

Comment by chops

chops — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:58:54 -0800

ugh. i hate chase.
nine years later and they're still trying to tell me my old account in NYC remains open.

'so you owe us a $5 fee.'
'we just charged that fee to your account'
'your $0 account is now overdran at -$5.'
'that's a $40 late fee'
'so you owe us $45'
...and so on.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:59:14 -0800

And I was spot on about JPM.

Comment by chicago

chicago — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:59:55 -0800

Chase is horrible.
Chase has horrible customer service and charges fee's for fucking everything.
This sucks.

Comment by tomasyalba

tomasyalba — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:01:14 -0800

Holy shit. Shareholders, bondholders and employees get no reacharound whatsoever if the deal is as WSJ and CNBS report, and somehow not FDIC but "some other arm of government" to pick up the tab for the toxic waste JPM wouldn't touch. Try to spot FDIC staffers in your local branch.

Comment by Timothy Wind

Timothy Wind — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:02:12 -0800

This here says that WAMU has not accepted any deals brokered by the FDIC.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008203093_webwamu25.html

Comment by tomasyalba

tomasyalba — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:06:46 -0800

@10, I didn't accept that dick all the way down my throat last night, but there it was anyway.

Comment by blahblah ave.

blahblah ave. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:09:26 -0800

told ya so!! in your face, all you non-economic people, with actual lives and a modicum of decency, I was right, nyahh.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:18:56 -0800

I bank there you dummy.

Comment by CattyMaran

CattyMaran — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:28:01 -0800

Nice Work, B.Ave. I do recall you calling it! Giving out any other free financial advice any time soon?

Comment by Zander

Zander — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:38:07 -0800

Meet the new boss...Same as the old boss

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:53:00 -0800

@14, I will be tomorrow.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:06:40 -0800

Viking Bank. Local. Stable. Friendly. (Assuming you think of Ballard as "friendly," which it technically isn't.) And they understand the value of a hard-pillaged dollar.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:40:41 -0800

Thank God I invested in Morgan Stanley last week, and not WaMu.

Still nothing on their main site about all this.

Guess they don't care about customers.

Time to switch to WSECU.

Comment by lusk

lusk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:51:43 -0800

I've had dreadful experiences with Chase (as a credit card provider). I definitely won't keep my former WaMu account open much past the transition. No big thing, I should be using a credit union anyway, WaMu's always just been ubiquitously convenient.

On the downside, the money I speculatively blew into WaMu stock recently is gone, but I'm more concerned with the effects on friends who work at WaMu.

Comment by Eric

Eric — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:19:42 -0800

Mark me down as another Chase hater. They could care less about customer service. If their CEO was in a burning car on the side of the road I would not stop to piss on it to put out the fire!