Comments on: Future present

By: kimchi (aka elaine)

kimchi (aka elaine) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:41 +0000

yup yup yup–
i’ve been doing this here in NorCal for a while.
it’s soooo AWESOME!!! i love it.
you have to let the atm Think about it for a while as it tabulates the total, etc.
my fiance still has issues with it, even though you don’t have to do anything except endorse the checks!!! he’s kinda like Sally from “When Harry Met Sally”…has to check the mailbox after each letter…etc. etc. imagine this with the ATM…
good thing i’m there next to him to say “JUST STICK THE CHECKS IN ALREADY!!!” ) ek.

By: PuNk rAwk pUrL

PuNk rAwk pUrL — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:44:47 +0000

wells fargo has been doing this here in NorCal for awhile now. it freaks me out… i keep thinking what if something gets jammed… will it know how much i put in there. i love the reduction of waste obviously… but it’s weird!!!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:55:27 +0000

That is THE SHIT. The last 10 years were spent at 2 jobs that had direct deposit, though. I guess I did get the occasional wayward check. But the real kicker is the fact that I moved up to Canada in the meantime.
Get this: I had to deposit a US check at a well-known bank up here (it has the name of the country in its name, very similar to yours). The girl at the counter said (almost cringing, as though she knew I would get mad about it), “This automatically goes on hold for 20 days. You won’t be able to access those 35 dollars until 20 days have gone by.”
“Not a problem,” I said. “I wasn’t expecting to be able to.”
Apparently, that sounded like a string of obscenities and she began defensively explaining that while the US is pretty advanced as far as technology, “their banking is, like, in the Dark Ages.”

Well, that’s news to me. I’ve been carrying around a VISA check card for about 8 years, while the Royal Banque of the Great White North is all “ZOMG awesome ATM cards WOOOO!”

Just sayin.

I don’t think I ever thought twice about licking bank deposit envelopes. OMG I’m lucky to be alive.

By: stariel

stariel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:22:53 +0000

When I was in Norway the ATMs took cash for deposits similarly to how vending machines take it here. I’ve always wondered why they don’t do that here…

Not that I deposit cash a lot, but it just makes sense.

P.S. My bank has self stick envelopes. Cuz GEESH, I would not lick ones that had been sitting around in the bank!

By: Ginger aka Beethoven

Ginger aka Beethoven — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:01:21 +0000

Doubt Mum’s bank does that…
We’re still very much “old fashion”, or shall I say, “back dated” in here…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:31:18 +0000

How cool is that! I’m with Wells and haven’t seen it in Southern California yet, but I will be looking now.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:30:12 +0000

I heard that this was coming, but I haven’t seen it yet. I’m with BoA, but in Boston. Maybe soon!

By: Eikon

Eikon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:57:20 +0000

New technology is fun. I watch japanese blogs to find out what we’re going to get in a year or so. I finally finished my tire messenger bag wander over to the blog to see it : ).

By: Eikon

Eikon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:56:51 +0000

New technology is fun. I watch japanese blogs to find out what we’re going to get in a year or so. I finally finished my tire messenger bag.

By: caro

caro — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:25:38 +0000

That’s pretty dang sweet. We deposit cheques from home with USAA. You scan both sides on your home scanner, tell it what account to send it to and poof! Instant deposit. We don’t even have to send the cheque anywhere after. It’s all done. So friggin easy and fast. Way cool.