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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Banker
Message-ID: <2768@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 13:33:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 23 13:33:41 1986
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> I got my statement yesterday.  They had deducted, without any notice,
> $15.  Called up to ask what's going on, they said they had a new policy
> that anyone with less than $250 on deposit will be charged $15 per
> quarter, starting January 1.
> They refused to refund my $15 on such an obviously groundless basis as
> their not having told anyone that they were going to do this.  I closed
> out my membership, and certainly won't be going back.
> General question:  is there anything that the average consumer can do
> about this kind of situation?

You can identify your credit union _by name_ on the Net, with an
appropriate "Distribution" field.  It's your most accessible way
to expose those knaves.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
CS: colonel@buffalo-cs
BI: csdsicher@sunyabva