Comments on: Tulips and tract homes

By: Islander

Islander — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:18:13 +0000

Actually, SMWhite, judging by your rant, it’s not “the majority of RE agents (who) are either ignorant to economic fundamentals or dishonest to their clients,” it’s you who are either economically clueless, financially irresponsible or in denial about free will.
Nobody forces anybody to buy a house. Stop blaming others for your own actions. It’s pathetic.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:09:45 +0000

To EJ

Try looking at Credit Unions, right now I am getting 4.03% interest on my saving account and I pay no fees on my checking account. There are all sorts of options available if you start looking for them including low interest credit card rates, some as low as prime plus 1%.

By: moxie

moxie — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:06:46 +0000

correction: should read ‘wasn’t making money off me’

By: moxie

moxie — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:05:43 +0000

EJ:

i refuse to play the bankers’ game of gouging it’s customers. like you, i recently got my bank accounts reorganized with ‘new’ fee structures.
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my ‘grandfathered’ bank accounts with no-fee, unlimited transactions was ‘retired’ since “there was little or no demand for these types of accounts” —-> meaning the bank was making any money off me, so i just closed them, took all my money out, transferred all my RRSPs, etc. and went to a no-fee, low-cost virtual bank. I also told my former bank why i was doing this and they would be losing more than my account as i was telling everybody i know to do the same.
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when customers leave in droves to no-fee alternatives, the banks are gonna get the message.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:36:17 +0000

The ‘best banking system in the world’ has scalped billions of dollars in excess profits from the general public in the last couple of years – excess profits like no one has ever seen before.

Might want to take a look at Shell or Exxon Mobil profits, oh sorry I guess there not Canadian companies.