Bank of America = @$$#0£3$

Leetspeak decoder

Ok. So just got a call from Gene.

He and GG (aka Alex) were selling their Jeep. Why you ask? Well, it seems that Gene forgot to replace the radiator cap tightly enough one day a few weeks....wait, that's another story....

Oh yeah. B of A(hole). G and GG sell the Jeep to some dude and insist on going to his bank to get the cash and taking said cash over to their own bank. Hypervigilant, antiscammers that they are, they were concerned that even getting a cashiers check in this day and age does not mean that you are not being scammed (news to me - I thought they were always legit, but Gene informs me that they are really just another type of personal check and that money could be withdrawn in the mean time).

So anyway, GG get's the moolah from BofA(hole) and takes it to her own bank where she is informed that one of the 45 $100 bills is in fact counterfeit. GG returns to BofA(hole) where she explains the situation and they tell her....

"SUCKAH!"

Ok. It was probably more like "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that there is nothing that we can do. As a consumer you need to be responsible for making sure of the validity of every financial transaction. blahblahblah..."

Call supervisor...

Stonewall.

Call supervisor's supervisor....

Deny.

Scene ends where GG turns to the customers in the lobby of B of A(hole) and (hopefully quite loudly) says:

"EVERYBODY! If you're getting cash, better make sure it's not counterfeit. These guys just slipped me a fake $100 bill and won't admit it ! BE CAREFUL !"

Tonight Gene and GG are planning their media strategy including TV, newspaper and a rarely read blog concerned (usually) with children, model airplanes, and other subjects with very little mass appeal. Every little bit helps.

Take it away Mojo !

UPDATE: June 13. BofA relents ! $100 is coming to Gene/GG via the dude who bought the jeep. Always nice to have a cause. With this out of the way we'll have to move on to other more important issues.

DOUBLE UPDATE: This just came in from Uncle Bump (recovering bank employee) re: Cashier Notes

Nah. They're good. The risk you run is that it's a forgery.



Also, the super-duper rare occasion that a stop payment is issued by the bank because they ended up unconvering some kind of fraud.