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Banks Are Getting Good at Turning Away ‘Customers’ Who Try to Close Accounts While Protesting

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Now the most recent case.

In an effort to protest “corporate greed” or big banks (or whatever statement they were trying to make), two members of Occupy Santa Cruz attempted to close their Bank of America accounts but were instead asked to leave and come back when they weren’t protesting:

The video shows that when the two sign-carrying women entered the Santa Cruz branch of Bank of America, they were told “you cannot be a protesters and a customer at the same time.”

The protesters offered to take their signs outside but a woman who worked at the bank repeated that they had to leave and they could not close their account, reports the Central Coast Times.

Watch the Central Coast News update:


One of the police officers called to the scene talked to the bank manager and told the protesters that “If they came in with the signs and they were part of the protest earlier, then they are protesters and cannot be customers at the same time.”

In an email to Central Coast News, Colleen Haggerty of Bank of America released this statement:

It is our responsibility to ensure a safe environment for customers to conduct financial transactions. So, due to the disruptive nature of protests lately and the potential for safety or security issues, we do not allow protestors inside of our banking centers.

If a customer who is participating in a protest wishes to conduct bank business, including close an account, we ask them to come back when they are not protesting or they may also conduct their bank business at a nearby branch away from protest activities.

Haggerty also told Central Coast News that Bank of Ameica, “respects everyone’s ability to exercise their first amendment rights, however we also have to balance safety and business needs for all customers.”

According to the same article, “The women said that they would return to Bank of America the next day, sans signs, and close their accounts taking their ‘money away from the banking elite and into a local credit union.’”

However, what’s important to note is that this most recent occurrence in Santa Cruz is just one among many in a growing list of events that may indicate that something much larger is at work here. The Blaze have been meticulously cataloging these events and here are some of the most notable ones:

Take for instance where it was reported earlier by The Blaze via CNBC:

In an effort to send a message to big banks, some organizers, who are supported by the protestors of the Occupy Wall Street movement, have organized an event to remove all funds from banks and into credit unions.

Organizers are calling the event “Bank Transfer Day” and are encouraging people nationwide to participate November 5.

The Facebook page for the event states the following:

“Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions on or by this date, we will send a clear message and give the 1% a taste of the fear that we experience every day when we aren’t able to pay for our rent, food, medication, utilities, student loans, etc.”

So far over 6,500 people have RSVP’ed for the event.

Or take another example, when a women wearing a suit claimed to be merely an innocent customer who wanted to close her Citibank account.

“The truth seems to be that a group of anti-bank protestors stormed the branch with plans to close their accounts en masse.  And they had no inclination to leave the premises,” writes The Blaze’s Scott Baker.

Watch the video here.

And it has also been reported on The Blaze that at least two different U.S. senators have publicly encouraged bank customers to withdraw their money in order to send a message to the banks. First there was Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL):

And then there was Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT):

Protesters Attempting To Close Their Bank Accounts Are Turned Away | Occupy Santa CruzWhat is really going on here?

With all of these examples occurring so close to one another, some have concluded that, much like the Occupy protests themselves, these are not merely coincidental occurrences springing up from a grassroots movement. Instead, they are part of a much larger and well-planned scheme.

But to what end?

Comments (153)

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  • Polly Sigh
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:35am

    Santa Cruz is Berzerkly SW….Go figger…..

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:36pm

      We saw the same idiocy of going into banks to protest that led to “affordable housing” and the mortgage meltdown. The left keeps doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Madness.

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    • theaveng
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:46pm

      The cops had no right to arrest that girl who was standing OUTSIDE the bank.

      She was standing on a public street and therefore not trespassing, so no reason to arrest her.

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    • JRook
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:00pm

      Looks like typical big bank customer service to me. They probably were actually looking for a small business loan.

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    • JLGunner
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:58pm

      Maybe they should have asked that idiot Ron Paul to save the day.

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    • TexasHunter
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:48pm

      @AVENGERK- That is the definition of insanity. What do you expect..
      @THEAVENGER- Public Loitering, Disrupting the peace, just to name a couple. There are customers that will be trying to actually go to the bank. Your opinion is just that. You must respect the other 53% glad to see her whinny a$$ carted off and put in the system to give more money to the system. Cops are making a killing off this. Bail bonds, Heck may even put more people at work. Follow like sheep and eventually the wolves will get you.

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    • sweetgold
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 9:56pm

      @ THEAVENG

      Depends. I’m an attorney (prosecution type), and it depends.

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  • adlibn
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:23am

    I left B of A and joined a credit union several years ago when the first bailouts came. That’s how us Tea Partiers roll. The OWS people are a bunch of commie poseurs who came late to the party.

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  • Slayer
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:21am

    I’m a TEA Party member. I hate the banks and stay with my credit union. But I will choose the banks any day over these lying, cheating, worthless Marxists who have no idea how to run anything and demand to be taken care of all day.

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:24am

      I notice the word MARXIST is making a big comeback today, has glenn being doing interviews again?

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    • BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:36am

      I think it is being used to describe Marxists.
      I’m not sure what else it can be used for.
      What an idiot.

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    • mlcblog
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 4:30am

      Yeah, like it’s a word we just throw around with no meaning except to hurt. That is how little idea they have of history or the meaning of important words or concepts. No wonder they think we are calling names when we call out a Marxist or a commie who is in truth just that.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:46am

      You have to realize most people are either too young or don‘t know history or think it’s trendy to be a Marxist or Communist. They have no REAL idea of what it means, what Pol Pot, Mao and all those others actually did to their people. They just look at the IDEA of equality, no matter how much you work, in other words they see free stuff. They see the European countries who are paying 40-70% of their income to the government, not seeing that, only seeing that they get free health care, free paid maternity and paternity leave, free paid emergency family leave, etc. My sister-in-law is from the netherlands. I asked her what the tax rate was, and she said her parents fall in the 70% range (they’re well off), but it starts at about 40%. There are no class that gets it all back, like here.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 8:43am

      LORIANN12, it sounds like all that ‘FREE’ stuff is pretty EXPENSIVE! No such thing as a free lunch! But, such a social, economic and tax structure surely breeds strong liberal tendencies. My experience with the Dutch is that they are raving liberals. The problems come when they run out of OPM and have to curtail services, necessitating allocatoin of resources and lotteries or infinite delays (a regular delay becomes an infinite delay when the delay survives the deceased)!

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    • jzs
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 9:38am

      mlcblog, perhaps you should define those terms for the leftists and explain the difference between a Marxism and communism.

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    • Leader1776
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 10:38am

      @survivorseed
      Would you prefer the softer term socialist? Just tell us. Maybe useful idiots would suffice?

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    • hologram5
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:06pm

      Survivorseed, why not be a good little tool and watch this video, compare it to what is going on today and then you can come back and post your drivel.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Iz3VjoHXLA

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    • COFemale
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:13pm

      Let see SurvivorSeed; since you don’t seem to like Marxist lets consult the English Thesaurus:
      Collective (adj)
      Socialist
      Communalist
      Collectivist
      Leninist
      Maoist

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    • Athanasius
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:20pm

      I suppose people who are used to calling those who advocate limited government and personal freedom “nazis” or “fascists” (i.e., the exact opposite of what they are) are a bit confused when the promoters of state control of the economy and of government micro-management of our personal lives are called what they actually are, which is, in fact, “marxists.”

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:03pm

      Let ‘um carry cash. They can ‘bank 4 an armed robber’.

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    • timarina
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:56pm

      It’s always so funny when people throw around the word Marxist without having any idea what it means. Why the F don’t you study and learn the terms before you make a total fool of yourself.

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  • Steev
    Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:01am

    If i were the manager i think i would have politely tried to reason with the girl first, it’s likely she could read the situation and knew the girl just wanted to be a * rabble rouser * but i at least would have tried to handle the situation with a little bit of finesse first. But understand : her first obligation is to the safety of her customers and when an obvious conflict of interest walks into your PUBLIC venue/ charge/liability you tend to want to erre on the side of caution. The cop did exactly as he should have done – he diffused a potentially volatile situation – a situation which had all the markings of an escelation to violence,

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:10am

      STEEV, You might want to consider omitting these pearls of hypothetical wisdom from your next financial services managerial resume. Unless, of course, you just want to ship off another “blank’ to keep the unemployment checks coming. If that’s the case, your incoherent screed is a sure wellfare WINNER!

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    • Amica
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:40am

      True to form, Broker.

      Carry on

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    • mlcblog
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 4:32am

      I thought the manager was great!! she didn’t let the rabble take over the bank, which is their plan.

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  • bmarchand
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:47pm

    >>“Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions on or by this date, we will send a clear message and give the 1% a taste of the fear that we experience every day when we aren’t able to pay for our rent, food, medication, utilities, student loans, etc.”<<

    Hmm, let me see… if these people can't afford to pay rent, food, medication, etc., do they really think they can bring the bank down by pulling what money they have out? Something tells me these banks aren't gonna feel it too much. Just sayin'

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 8:46am

      Yes, if all the protestors do this, it will count It however would require all of them to remove funds from all banks not just Bank of America.If you take a look at the banks they endorse taking down.They all have one thing in common.They are international in scope.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:34pm

    There is an age-old rule of thumb in the financial industry. It estimates that about 80% of your profits come from about 20% of your (best) clients and that 80% of your grief is caused by about 20% of your (worst) clients. Since the 2007 “crisis”, this spread has widened even further. These malcontent, protesting idiots are the sub 20% that have no money to speak of and are constantly complaining anyway. The big banks know as well as any entity that coddling them is a waste of time. Bottom line: It Sucks to be poor and constantly pissed off. You are not valued clients and can piss off for all any of us in the financial services sector cares. See ya, you broke, whining losers!

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:22am

      When the value of your assets determines your value as a human being, then society is in decline. Good on you for making a living, I don’t begrudge you that. Just don’t tell me in the next sentence what a good church going christian you are and that jesus is your CEO. I’m over the hypocrisy on this site

       
    • BORNINTOAWORLDATWAR
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:39am

      Then please leave, no one makes you show up.
      Go plant your a$$ on some other site.

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    • coindexter
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:10am

      tell that to the rich folks paying 35,000 for a dinner to raise $$$ for Oblameless. still think you are equal in O’s eyes?

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    • Baerlin
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:37am

      To Survivorseed – Where did Broker101 mention Jesus?

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:57am

      @SURVIVORSEED… And yet you keep coming back for more… What is up with that??

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  • Amica
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:32pm

    I wish I could see their faces when they can’t open an account at their good and noble credit union because they have bad credit. This happened to me, I am only able to have a savings account until my credit improves, rather than a full service checking account.

    I have nothing against credit unions, they are often a better option than banks, but they often have “membership requirements.”

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:56pm

      AMICA, you are an obvious product of the “Self-Steem in Education” Movement. Proudly proclaiming your poor credit, lack of funds and belief that you probably deserve something better. This is the kind of malcontent delusion that Conservatives will be fighting against during the next 12 1/2 months. It’s high time the Conservative Movement sets some basic, minimal prerequisites for membership. Sadly, you fail to meet any of them. Carry on.

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    • Amica
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:13am

      Wow…I proudly proclaim no such thing. I was offering a personal experience to illustrate the ignorance of these protesters. You sir, or madam, know nothing about me. I was out of school long before the “Self-Esteem” movement began. I read back through my post, and don’t see where I said or implied that I deserve anything other than what I earn. I’m working to improve my credit and busting my butt to excel in school to increase my income.

      I make no assumptions about you. You make me laugh, though, thanks.

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    • red1
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 2:00am

      Amica, for what it is worth, the meaning of your comments was clear to me :-)

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    • coindexter
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:16am

      well understood…i think your point was that these protesters, who don’t see the world beyond their GAP outfits, most likely haven’t checked the requirements to belong to a credit union. methinks broker is a bit of a tighta$$.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:48am

      Broker, think you jerked the trigger on this one.

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 9:05pm

      broker0101 Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:56pm

      It would be my earnest desire and prayer that you walk in Amica’s shoes. you have no idea of why or how they attained “bad credit” – and it is useful to know that with bad credit – there are membership requirements at Credit Unions – one of the reasons they are a head above banks that care less about you or anything but your money and how they can fleece it out of you.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:29pm

    Use the ATM to with draw you money…No problems!!!

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:25pm

    This is not going to crash the banks. They will get a few thousand people to pull a few hundred bucks each out of the banks. Compared to the total amount of money in the system, it’s peanuts.

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    • Amica
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:49pm

      Exactly, whatever they say about being the 99%, they don’t have enough influence to cause a run on the banks.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 8:37am

      But THE PRESS will cover it, showing the ‘noisy crowd’ of maybe 5 ‘anxious’ people trying to suck the ATM dry! Or, maybe they‘ll try and run an ATM out of money and then squeal ’the bank is out of money’ to try and instigate a run on the banks! The banks need to counter with som slander and defamation lawsuits–tie up the ‘deep pockets’ of these ‘spontaneous’ protest groups! Let them ‘tell it to the judge’!

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 9:04am

      Dougral this reply is actuall to Salamander
      Why is it that people who profess to believe in true freedom always want the law involved to curtail it?
      Salamander please don’t ever tell anyone you believe in the constitution or the bill of rights.You have proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that you don’t.Oh and one other thing.Libel and slander involves destroying a companies/persons reputation by spreading lies in order for their destruction or for your profit[personal or financial].Telling the truth ,especially if widely known ,isn’t grounds for either.
      The right to peacefully assemble and freedom of speech are rights shared by all natural/naturalized citizens.Whether you agree with the protestors or not, they have a right to protest.

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    • Leader1776
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:01am

      @objectivetruth
      Mistakenly, the left, such as yourself, believes companies, corporations, establishments such as BoA are public institutions because they have the public as customers. The left and big government have tried to blur this line. These private entities are free to operate as they choose when it comes to day-to-day functioning as long as they follow the laws regarding general business practices. If they choose not to allow protesters on the premises, so be it. If the protesters wish to close accounts because they do not wish to do business with the institution there is no need for placards ….. just withdraw the funds. I chose not to deal with BoA any longer. It was for other reasons and I didn’t need signs to do it.

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  • AxelPhantom
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:16pm

    So thinking this through…people all pull thier money from the big banks. Bank stocks go down and with them pensions, 401K’s and interest rates (for you and I) go up as lending tightens even further. Credit card rates go up, more people who are already on the edge lose their homes,their businesses, their jobs and their cars which angers more people……sounds like a plan….. for a created revolution.

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  • CottonMPG
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:15pm

    I think it is a good idea to close your account if you hate the bank and want to make a statement. Let’s see how much money leaves and how many of the banks customers identify with this movement. I have a feeling it won‘t be so many as you’d expect from a group that claims to be 99% of the nation.

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  • geonj
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:14pm

    so these people are encouraging a un on the banks. they really do want to destroy the economy. funny thing, mosy credit unions are public service union financial facilities.

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    • ree2138
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:27am

      Credit unions pay no taxes, they pay a inlieu of taxes, so that means less taxes, way to go Dickie Durbin etc.

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  • Keep the Faith
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:58pm

    I also use a small local bank. I closed everything at US Bank when I went in for a car loan – high interest rate and they penalize you for paying off early. Clearly not in my best interests. I refinanced my mortgage and moved that too. My small bank knows my name and I feel good going there.

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    • agerman04
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:23pm

      To be honest, I am very very familiar with US Bank and auto rates are 2.99% interest for 36 months and 3.99% for 60 months…..can’t find those rates many places these days AND 5 years ago you would have begged for those rates. And as far as the prepayment penalty goes, if you pay it off in 12 months you get a $100 fee. That’s it. And if you have the money to pay it off in the first 12 months you’re saving more than $100 in interest. The bank has to charge a pre-payment fee because they are counting on spread revenue for the entire term of the loan, and when they lose that they have to make up for some of it. Or you can go to the dealership and spend a couple hundred having them finance it. They say they don’t charge a fee to finance but anytime you buy you have to pay a dealer purchase fee of anywhere from 200-500 dollars. You tell me what’s cheaper. You also mentioned that you refinanced your mortgage away from US Bank. There are a lot more factors that go into that, but almost always whatever deal you got where ever you got it, you could have gotten the same with US Bank. I can’t speak for all banks, but if you do your research, you will find that US Bank was the only “big bank” that didn’t participate in the sub prime lending deals. They are the most conservative “big bank” in the U.S. and for that reason they are in the best position to lend of any of the “big banks.” Do your homework as Glenn would say, then you‘ll know what I’m talking about.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 10:57am

      I did not know the info on US bank, but I am filing it away as I am in the process of getting my house on the market. I wondered where I could feel a little more comfotable banking some of the money and now I know to check them out. I am at a small bank now and I have great perks even though I am on a fixed income. I have 24 hours to fix an overdraft with no cost, free checking (sometimes I am down to pennies in my account), and I get really kind treatment when I go there. The only thing I have to do is make direct deposits on my income. I had forgotten what good banking was, but I love Huntington, they have been good to me. Since I don’t plan on putting all my eggs in one basket, I can check out US bank too. Thanks.

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  • OLEGROG
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:56pm

    I think that the bank should close the account per the request, hand them the proceeds of the account in cash and escort them off of the premises to fend for themselves amongst their peers at the protest!

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:04pm

      Were you thinking about the cash in change, or small bills?

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  • survivorseed
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:51pm

    So after the people gave the banks billions of dollars via the bailout and after these banks used that money to pay their executive bonuses and lobby govt not to change the rules so they could set us up for another crash / bailout down the road, now the banks won’t let people close their accounts and take their own money elsewhere. Well if thats the free market capitalism that the tea party supports, then they are even more ignorant than I gave them credit for.
    Whose side are you on Blazers? Which side are the communists, the protestors exercising their right to protest or the banks that tell you they are keeping your money?
    Bring on Nov 5th

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:01pm

      Nobody cares what you think.

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    • Blazer123
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:02pm

      Yes, bailouts are dumb. Why not protest the President and his congress who actually gave taxpayer dollars to the banks? Oh, because his community organizer cronies are the ones behind the “spontaneous” movement…

      You can’t be a protester and a customer at the same time. Seems pretty clever to me actually. Private businesses have every right to kick people out who are disruptive. They didn‘t say they’re keeping the money, they just said come back when you’re not protesting.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:09pm

      Learn Austrian Economics, soon, America.

      Buy physical gold before these Marxists collapse the Dollar before you have a chance to protect your savings. When it does collapse, while the realization that fiat money systems are fraudulent systems designed to serve the central planners will be a very good thing in and of itself, if you’re not prepared with commodity money (such as gold and silver), you will not have any money to do business with.

      Please watch this video.

      Smashing Myths and Restoring Sound Money | Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzExlEsIKk

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    • NYHuguenot
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:26pm

      We didn’t GIVE the banks the money, it was forced on them by Hank Paulsen. Plus they paid interest on the money. B of A paid $250,000,000 in interest every three months on the 50 billion. B of A, Suntrust, Wells Fargo, et al have all paid back the money. Geithner even bragged that the US had made a profit on the loans. I’ll deal with the banks before I deal with these antisemitic Marxists any day.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:55pm

      @13TH IMAM

      Nobody cares what WHO thinks?

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    • BaltimoreJoe
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:05am

      Not really NYHug… if BofA lets those two in there would be 250 milling around, most without accounts at all, pretending to fill out forms, oops wrong one, oops wrong account, oops you were in front of me – no please you first- no you, I insist… No real customer could get anything done in hours….

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    • mamapajamas
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 1:37am

      A Doctor’s Labor… now is a very BAD time to buy gold. The price is over-inflated. It is in a price bubble every bit as fake as the housing bubble. When that bubble bursts, as it will when Soros starts selling off the ton or so of gold he has, the gold market is going to crash. The only people who will be safe in the gold market are those who bought in 10 or more years ago. For them, the gains they’ve shown in recent years are only on paper. After the crash, gold will drop back down to its previous price, probably somewhere around $500-$600/oz. People who buy in at over $1000/oz are going to be taken to the cleaners.

      The commercial says, “Gold is never worth nothing.” However, it HAS been worth $20/oz in the past. Think about that before buying at over $1000/oz.

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    • JEB STUART
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 3:48am

      Survivorseed these so called OW people are nothing more than pawns being used by Soros and his progressive socialist minions. I hope you are prepared for the worst that is yet to come but i think m,ost of your seed got left on the sheets.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 5:37am

      @NYHUGUENOT
      “We didn’t GIVE the banks the money, it was forced on them by Hank Paulsen.”
      ———–
      Exactly. Thank you for that reminder.

      “NO MORE BAILING THOSE WHO DON’T NEED IT”

      Huh?? Are you freaking kidding me?! Hey, @%$*&&^s, tell that to Paulson, former Goldman Sachs CEO and Obama man, who threatened healthy banks that did not want to take TARP money with a public audit. Tell that to Geithner, Paulson’s buddy and successor, who initially refused to take TARP repayments from those banks.

      The financial meltdown was orchestrated by the left to get Obama elected and this war on Wall Street sanctioned by the Traitor himself aims to get him re-elected. Stinky useful idiots!

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:23pm

      Did you read the article? She didn’t say they were not letting her take her money out. Just not at THAT particular bank where the protests were being held. She could have gone to another branch where there were no protests and take it out there. Otherwise all the protesters are going to come in and cause trouble. Oh but thats ok as long as they are not conservatives or republicans.

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  • herekittykitty
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:50pm

    really, does anyone think that the fleabag OWS protestors have 2 cents to rub together, they can close all of their accounts an it won’t make a ripple.

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:33pm

      I don’t know .. remember that OWS guy who couldn’t make a complete sentence in the video the other day .. turns out he is a “trust fund baby” …

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 10:49am

      Tough part is that they have no say of where their trust funds were set up, hopefully Mom and Dad set it up so they could only get so much per month. I think that may be the reason some of these jerks are so ticked-their folks put a limit on them!

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  • donh2
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:49pm

    SCAM ALERT….Credit Unions do NOT insure cash deposits with the FDIC. This whole OWS may be a scam to transfer bank deposits into Labor Union credit organizations facing insolvency from the housing foreclosures and drop in membership dues. Do not let some Labor Union steward stuff a pamplet in your pocket and intimidate you with a hard sales pitch to move your life savings into a Credit Union !!!!

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    • 408 CheyTac
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 1:14am

      NCUA insure CUs, Grow a brain and do some research before flapping your mouth. You look like a dumbaz

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    • ree2138
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 11:35am

      They are insured, but credit unions pay no taxes, only inlieu of taxes.

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  • American Chick
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:48pm

    Righteous indignation for insufferable idiots!

    Durbin and Sanders are dirt bags for ever suggesting this tactic, it isn’t only dangerous it is likely treasonous!

    Kudos to the B of A manager for defending ALL of their client’s interests instead of negotiating with terrorists and ceding control of a lawful business to tyrants!

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  • toru66
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:47pm

    Though I in no way support the “Occupy Wall Street” loonies, the Bank of America was wrong to not allow those women their right to close an account, they were not threatening anyone. OUR FREEDOMS are for ALL. If you begin to discriminate protesters what’s next? Because you are a Christian or Jew or Muslim. The redeeming quality of these United States is Freedom for All. Even the freedom to disagree. I am a proud American, conservative, Christian but that was uncalled for. Be careful Bank of America you are treading on peoples civil rights.

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    • coindexter
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 6:24am

      first two show up…then seven…then a few hundred protesters are in your bank lobby and it‘s YOUR fault because you didn’t shut them down early. mayhem…you’re fired.

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    • Baerlin
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:49am

      If they were representing 99%, then they wouldn’t have a problem coming into the bank at anytime. Why would they even have to close their acct’s? I’m not getting any of this anymore. Are we, as the 1% able to keep so many people from exercising their free will? What a bunch of cowards……….

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  • shackero
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:44pm

    I am NOT a fan of the big banks—the ones that are too-big-to-fail———–I am also NOT a fan of the protesters—any time Hugo Chaves and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supports a group of people——I cannot support them……………

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    • vehoae
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 1:02am

      And don’t forget the Communist government of Red China, SHACKERO. News came out yesterday that they are in support of these rioters/demonstrators.

      Lord, come quickly.

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  • CatB
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:43pm

    LOL .. I closed my account with B of A years ago .. not protesting and they were very RUDE about it … I waited for over 45 minutes (I believe she went to lunch while I waited!) for a cashiers check to be issued to me for the amount in my account .. having requested that it be put in two checks and agreeing to pay for both .. they brought out one check in the full amount. I vowed that day never again to do business with B of A … I wouldn’t care if they were the last bank in the country.

    If they took their signs outside then I see no reason why they could not conduct business .. and I am NO supporter of OWS.

    TEA!

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    • herekittykitty
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:59pm

      I actually really despise banks – though I’m not a fan of the protestors. Reality is when you put your money into a bank, they act like it’s theirs and you are at their mercy as to how much you can spend and when. Deposit a large amount of money and they freeze your account until the check clears, or they put the account on hold if you don’t tell them where it came from. Joke. BUT I despise the lowlife protesters more.

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    • mamapajamas
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 1:45am

      Herekitty,

      A few years ago I had some fire damage to my home, and received a check from my insurance company for $37,000 to cover the losses. I promptly put the money into my BoA account… and had absolutely NO problem with the BoA running a check on the money to make sure it was a legitimate check from my insurance company. Within two days, I had full access to the money. In the meantime, they gave me access to $500 of the money, and I was able to get started on the repairs.

      I don’t have a problem with it at all.

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    • getmeoutofcalifornia
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 1:55am

      I don’t like the big banks, either, and I hate that the government gave my hard-earned money to them as a bailout. But I think it’s hilarious how they are handling the protesters. Yes, they do have the right to close their accounts, but the way they are doing it is meant to disrupt business. If I were a customer I would not appreciate that, therefore I think the banks are doing the right thing for those customers who, for whatever reason, are choosing to stay with the bank. If they are sincere about closing their accounts, they should do it when they aren’t protesting.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 7:30am

      We left BOA several years ago because they had so many hidden fees. Put our money in a credit union. Have a good relationship with the customer service people and no hidden fees.

      OMG – Psalm 109:8

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  • Shasta
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:43pm

    I don’t like these idiots one bit, but the moment that a bank refuses to allow a customer, whose only ‘crime’ is carrying a sign the right to close their account, I am unfortunately on their side. This is not an issue of the law, I think, rather an issue with the terms and agreements that they signed when they opened their accounts. I don’t think that B of A had a protester clause in the T&A.

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    • kf4omc
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:07pm

      Well I for one would not feel safe as a customer or a bank employee with these people in the bank while protesting. It is a matter of safety. Let the Flea ****** go home and take a shower and come back in the morning close your account without making a point.

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    • Amica
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:45pm

      It’s private property, they do not have a right to protest there. Maybe you missed the part where the bank manager told them they could go to a branch away from the protest area.

      Not a huge fan of B of A either, but I can imagine a scenario where they let these women in, and before long their lobby is full of protesters who refuse to leave and in a short while, the lobby is trashed and no business is transacted.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:40pm

    With the number of Senators of the left calling for people to withdraw their money from the banks, and the protesters becoming more and more coordinated yes there is definitly something larger coming out of the dark woods…

    Figure there will be a run on the banks shortly, and that soon, many of the billionairs and millionairs who support the admin and the progressives cause, along with unions and businesses who are part of the progressive movement will suddenly pull their funds out on one day…and collapse one or more of the banks due to “not enough funds availible…”

    Mass panic like with the great depression when people went to take funds out is what they want and what the administration needs to occur; more and more pressure, more terror, more fear, more chaos.

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  • ozzie
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:38pm

    I don’t see any reason why the banks should deny any free individual the right to their money.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:46pm

      Imagine if these guys actually got there way, and caused a run on the banks, and thousands or millions lost their savings…no I am not saying that is a good reason to lock anyone out that might seem to be a protester…it is a reason to make sure that if the run happens, folks like you and I have absolute access to the bank to transfer our money out before it is too late. What a complicated world.

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  • LiberalMarine
    Posted on October 17, 2011 at 10:38pm

    If they were being peaceful and just trying to close their accounts then they should have been allowed to do so.

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    • bikerr
      Posted on October 17, 2011 at 11:39pm

      @LiberalMarine—-Did you even read the article? They were not being peaceful. They went into the bank carrying protest signs. Cheez get a clue! Put on your man pants and try reading what the article actually says. Also, maybe the bank has the right to refuse service to anyone. Of course you wouldn’t want to find that out would you? go ahead keep posting about something you know nothing about and refuse to learn the truth.

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    • ImWatchingYouAll
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:09am

      From what I saw on the video , the women were NOT protesting at the time they were in the bank. They were being quiet and polite. Watch the video and show me where they were getting unruly. If carrying their signs inside meant they were being Hostile what if they wore a T shirt that said they didn’t Like BoA and were pulling their , yes THEIR, money out. Would that be Protesting and grounds for BoA to throw them out? What about a Conservative T shirt… a nasty T shirt… where does our freedom and our rights to self expression make us “ undesirable” ? They were polite and deserved respect. BoA did NOT give them the respect and I am glad they returned and closed their account. I have always done business with the Credit Union and always will.

      ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

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    • MAProg
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:10am

      @Bikerr: did YOU read the article? First off, since when is carrying a sign a non-peaceful act? Secondly, the protesters offered to leave their signs outside so that they could close their accounts. Read the WHOLE article, not just the parts you selectively want to.

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    • Polly Sigh
      Posted on October 18, 2011 at 12:33am

      Are you really a Marine?

      Doubt it…

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