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Trying to send myself some money. How hard can that really be? But, oh no, I have to jump through hoops to send my money from one bank account to another (okay, 2 countries) but so what? It's my elephanting money?
One question was: How did you get this money?
Not sure I helped by writing: Through hard work.
What do these people expect you to say? "Oh yes, it's for a high level drug deal" or whatever? Elephanting morons: the only people money laundering rules affect are those that are not actually laundering money.
AAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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mark merrens wrote: the only people money laundering rules affect are those that are not actually laundering money
I find this is true for many laws
If it moves, compile it
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mark merrens wrote: What do these people expect you to say? "Oh yes, it's for a high level drug deal"
No. They are looking for answers that are easily verifiable.
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Perhaps.
There is one (UK based) bank that always asks for a reason when you want to withdraw or move money around, apparently regardless of the amount.
Last time I said "None of your business" which I then saw her write on the form as "customer uncooperative".
So I called the manager and said "I am not being uncooperative, I'm just telling you that it is none of your business what I do with my money".
"We need to know".
"Has anyone ever said that they will use it for something illegal?"
"No"
"So mind your own business". That account got closed.
I guess I'm just mad at how petty regulations can elephant with your mojo and turn a good day into an elephanting frustrating one.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I have to agree with the sentiment about banks though. I hate them and haven't had one for ten years now, solely because I can't stand dealing with them.
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Where do you keep your funds then?
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You going to rob me? I buy gold and I use my missus account to get my wages paid into and bills to go out. So I use a bank account but I don't own one so therefore don't have top deal with them.
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Your wife has to deal with them though 
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My wife deals with ours too, I never need bother. Ain't wives great?
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Probably easier than dealing with you know who. 
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LOL. Was just wondering how you dealt with things in this wired world if you didn't deal with banks. There are other options like holding cash and using services like Western Union. But using your wife as intermediary is free.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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The Reincarnation wrote: I use my missus account
Coward, hiding behind your wife;s skirts cos you're too timid to deal with the banks.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I'm curious - I often hear about people changing banks for customer service reasons, you say you 'can't stand dealing with them'. In what way do you have so much interaction with your bank that this becomes a problem? I almost never go to my bank - the only reason would be if someone gives me a cheque and that is rare these days. I do all my banking online (and even before the internet, ATMs saw me much more thanreal-life tellers).
I've never had cause to have any 'customer service' type interaction with my bank, either here (NZ) or in the UK.
How is it that banks manage to piss people off so much?
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I had a student account which came with an interest free overdraft. But the first month they charged me interest. This meant I had to either ring them up(the amount of money they had taken out would have been similar to the amount for the phone bill so I would have lost out either way)or go in and speak to them. I went in and spoke to them, the lady was very nice and apologetic and assured me it wouldn't happen next month. She lied. I went in again got the same assurances about it not happening the next month.But It did.
It got to the point that I would wait 3-4 months before going in and getting the past 3-4 months interest paid back in in one go. Each time they assured me it wouldn't happen again and every month it did. This went on for 4 years. For 4 years they could not sort out a simple thing as not charging interest on an interest-free overdraft. If they had been over paying me interest on my savings they would have spotted it straight away and sorted it. I can think of no other business where you would need to go in monthly for 4 years in order to sort out a simple problem which they should have done correct in the first place.
This is just one example of many I have had with the Wankers I mean Bankers.
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mark merrens wrote: "We need to know".
There's no law that specifies that each transaction should be accompanied by an excuse.
Drugs, hookers and alcohol.
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I find this similar to the memo line on checks. The only checks I write go to one of my roommates, who owns the house we live in. I write all kinds of ridiculous things on the memo line each month, such as "Assassin Fee" and "Midget Stripper Cleanup".
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