Oh no! We pay them to service our checks, send us statements, and ridiculous overdraft fees. They do not charge deposit fees <GRIN!>. Actually if you are a smart shopper there are ways to get free checking without having to keep an outlandish minimum balance.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, mike wilson wrote: > >>> From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: 2006/09/21 Thu PM 12:24:17 GMT >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: OT - EBay Question >>> >>> >>> On Sep 20, 2006, at 5:44 AM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: >>> >>> Bank transfers are expensive and difficult to do in the USA. They are >>> set up for large commercial transactions. I had someone who wanted >>> me to send money via bank transfer so I went to my bank to look into >>> it. The bank fee was $ 65. That fee was the same regardless of >>> whether I was sending one hundred dollars or several million dollars. >>> >> Good old, unregulated private enterprise. You have to love it. Apparently. > > Am I right that customers pay US banks to deposit their money? > > Kostas > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

