Jeesh, I knew things were tough. But…
A couple in Orlando claims that a local Wachovia branch gave them 10 counterfeit $100 bills when they withdrew $3600 in cash for their wedding. The fakes were caught when the couple tried to deposit the money with —- Bank of America.
Now Wachovia is saying it will not fork over $1000 in real money to replace the fakes because the bank does not know that the fakes came from its branch. Of course. The Secret Service is investigating, trying to figure out what exactly happened.
I sure hope that WB has not replaced its Pick-a-Payment plan with a Print-Your-Own plan. Bob Steel should know only the feds can use that bailout plan.
Bonus Bank Story: One time in DC an ATM spat out a $20 for me that was ripped in half. I marched into the lobby to show a teller what happened and she immediately said that the bill could’ve come from anywhere and the bank would not make me whole. She suggested that people tried to pull this scam before.
Fine, I said. Open up the ATM and you’ll find the other half of the bill. I demanded to see a manager, in a plenty loud tone. By then the bank guard was hovering around, hand on Glock, but the manager must’ve realized that I was not fooling around. Some fits and starts and multiple people later, a guy poked into the guts of the machine and pulled out the other half of the bill.
I gave both halves to the manager and he gave me a fresh, whole $20.
