rc- I understand your frustration, but I don't use online banking as "archival storage".
So what's it good for? - looking at txns frequently to make sure no fraud on the account - paying bills electronically - verifying whether a particular bill got paid - transferring money between accounts - making sure the Direct-Deposit paycheck made it in I keep paper statements at least 3 years - in case of tax audit. Just my .02 -Ben > So - I get an email from our accounting department saying that when > doing an audit recently, they noticed that I expensed something that > they had already paid for. I believe they are wrong - so I go to prove > it. I first go to AmercianExpress.com. I'm pleased to discovered that > they will allow me to peruse my bills online... > > but then I find out they only go back to February of this year. I need > December of last year. Yea ... that makes sense. So I call them. And... > get this - the guy can't tell me either. He can only mail me a copy of > the statement. > > So - I ask him to. I then decide to check bankofamerica.com. I want to > confirm my company paid me what they said they did - and see what I sent > AMEX. But - they only go back to March. I call them - same story - they > can only send me a copy of the bill. > > So I ask the guy - why don't you go back further in history? And he > said, 'Well, that's why we send you statements.' > > So... maybe I'm crazy - but what in the hell is the point of online > banking if you have to keep statements around anyway. December isn't > even a full YEAR ago!! > > > -rc > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
