Reply #29: I'm so sorry Chase is doing this to you. It's the last [View All]

thing you need right now.

What is it with banks anyway? My 93-year-old uncle passed away last February. My mom and her sister, ages 85 and 82, are the beneficiaries of a CD he had that came due last month. The money is in Astoria Bank in NY. My mom lives in California, her sister in New Jersey. Long story short. The friggen bank will not release the funds to them. They have jumped through numerous hoops. A month ago the bank told them to send copies of their drivers licenses and social security cards. OK, done. My aunt called the bank this morning to find out what the hold up was, and was told the id they sent wasn't good enough. Get this. The bank wanted photocopies of a credit card in each of their names and, here's the payoff, the front and back of a library card. WTF? So this morning I get a frantic phone call from my mom to take her to the library so she can get a card. When she explained what she needed it for, I laughed out loud. But, I dutifully drove her to the library and got the card - which has no picture, no name, no nothing. It's just a computerized card that says "Los Angeles Public Library System." Then I take her to Kinkos, make a photocopy of the damn card, along with one of her credit cards (numbers taped over) and we fax everything to the bank. No response yet. For Christ sakes, they act like it's their money. Putting a couple of little old ladies through the ringer to get what they're entitled to anyway. Disgusting.

Off rant. Thanks for letting me do a cyber scream, and I realize it's nothing compared to what you are going through. It's just that goddamn banks think they're God.

I am thinking of you, as are many, many other DUers. God bless.