Sabrina’s Money Madness

Look at the picture and the dates on the calendar. I just got this calendar on Wednesday. And it’s out of date! I know a lot of people don’t write checks anymore and banks have extra checkbook covers and checkbook registers laying around but this is ridiculous.
It’s a good thing I won’t be using this […]

I finally come to the realization that I have too many bank accounts at too many banks. At the moment I bank at 4 different institutions with multiple accounts at each place. I’m totally getting rid of 2 of the banks. One I’m closing effective immediately. I mailed them the letter to close the letter […]

That is good news for me. It’s not even a credit card program either. It’s a new/better program that my bank is rolling out. The new program will give me points for everyday shopping. Then it gives double points for gas and grocery stores. I will also get points for automatic debits which come out […]

Luckily my bank paid my check and since I knew the check was going to bounce I was able to bring the account back to a positive state. I caught the problem the same day so there was no fee associated with the event. I went to the atm several times taking out money and […]

I started a new direct deposit that won’t take effect until my next payday. I wanted to start using my new account immediately so I did a bank to bank transfer to the new account. Well the money hasn’t hit my account yet. But it’s showing up as a transfer from my old account but […]

It only took 2 and 1/2 days to get a answer. And then it was a automated response and not a real answer from anyone. They did say that they didn’t give promotional codes through the email system. I was really hoping that I could get a free promotional code with my new checking account. I […]

Both the company that I work for now and my previous company are really big on answering emails. They don’t want more than 24 hours to go by without an answer. Since that’s the way I’m used to doing business, that’s what I expect from the companies that I do business with.
I wrote to a […]

There was a bank bonus that I wanted to sign up for. For whatever reason I thought it expired next week. However it expired at the end of May. They usually offer the bonuses every few months so I’m sure it will come up again. I just wished I had jumped on it when it […]

Right now I have access to a banking program that let’s me see all of my pending transactions that haven’t cleared yet. It’s more advanced than looking at a atm receipt or looking online because the transactions show up instantly. Since I don’t do a certain job function anymore, they’re going to remove that access.
Now […]

I think they are so boring. We have a “branding” meeting at work that all employees corporate wide are required to attend. They want us to help sell the brand to potential customers. With all of the consolidation going on in banking, we have a good chance to pick up new customers.
We don’t just have […]

I’m leaving the area that I live in within the next year. Right now it’s scheduled for 8 months from now. I would graduate from college (finally) and save money for two months to pad my savings account.
With all of the banks failing and getting bought out by other banks, I’m not too thrilled with […]

My money is not available for 5 business days. I only reopened the account last month so maybe it’s because the account is still fairly new. It could also be the norm for this bank, I’m not really sure. I do know that I don’t like my money hanging in limbo for so long.
I guess […]