In case you wanted to know whose side Republicans are on

  • cheers_queers@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    My partner just got slapped with 125 in overdraft fees in one day because a few pending charges went thru unexpectedly. Banks are disgusting

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      14 days ago

      But if you deposit money prior to that happening to cover the charges it doesn’t matter because they need to verify that amount before it’s yours. However the charges to you don’t need to be verified.

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        14 days ago

        It’s even worse; banks here don’t process transaction in the order they were received; the process them from biggest to smallest.

        So if you have less than enough funds in your account for a pending transaction, and you then deposit enough to fulfill that large transaction, it doesn’t matter since that large transaction goes through first regardless. Even if the deposit is made before the charge. Boom, overdraft fee.

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      14 days ago

      Credit Unions! At least I hope in your country they exist, and are better than banks which, where I live, they most DEFINITELY are.