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December 2, 2009 at 4:56 pm #683081
JustSarahParticipantbigmark, you’re right. I just went and checked and it is .25% over $500. Blah. Sorry about that! Still, 6.17% for the first $500 is pretty awesome!
…Hmm, I wonder from where I’m remembering the 2.15% APY?
December 2, 2009 at 7:50 pm #683082
RAEMemberMy, how we digress. So, here I go-WHY WOULD ANYBODY DO BUSINESS OF ANY KIND WITH CHASE? Yes, I do get the sarcasm of Sarah’s comment. And no, I’m not leaving BECU but they will soon have no presence in the north end of the peninsula. It is a bad decision. It brings to mind the old saying “We don’t care. We don’t have to”.
December 4, 2009 at 12:45 am #683083
LexMemberAs was mentined before. you can always go to the local 7-11 and use that ATM for free. Not only that you can also access your BECU accout at any QUALSTAR CU or ALaska USA (which is also in WS at the Westwood QFC) So instead of ranting on BECU take a look at what they have done to make things convenient for you with other resources, more importantly be thankful that they didn’t go belly up like WAMU. I’ve been banking with BECu for 13 years, I have all my accounts there including my credit card, mortgage and i can honestly say I’ve been happy and continue to be very happy. Oh did i mention you can also use their online banking for FREE!! stopy whining
December 4, 2009 at 6:04 am #683084
RAEMemberThat " whining" you hear is the sound of a squeaky wheel. I know I'm not the only one. If more of us spoke up about it ( started" whining" about it, as you call it) we just might get a favorable response. After all ' BECU says,"It's more than just money". Or maybe they just don't care 'cause they don't have to. Quit whining about whining. Why is this rant and rave feature here, anyway ?
December 5, 2009 at 8:22 pm #683085
CountingCoupMemberI'm with you RAE as a >30 BECU customer, I enjoyed the convenience of having that new cash machine in the Admiral Safeway, and I did express my opinion to BECU to keep it there… Fingers crossed
December 19, 2009 at 5:43 am #683086
RAEMemberToday I tried to make a deposit at Admiral Safeway BECU ATM. But the ATM was down and, of course, the mini branch is closed now.
And, of course, the Alki ATM is gone because BECU CHOSE NOT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. So, I and others that were expecting to do business with this BECU ATM were all very disappointed. We were all expressing our dismay at BECU’s abandonment of the north end of West Seattle. BECU needs to know that they are causing their customers great inconvenience. BECU has gotten so big of late, one wonders, do they even care ?
December 19, 2009 at 10:42 am #683087
pigeonmomParticipantWere the ATMs at 7-11 down too?
December 20, 2009 at 6:14 am #683088
RAEMemberI don’t know as I rarely go to 7-11 for anything. Yes I know that BECU customers can use 7-11 atms. However, I don’t think there set up to take deposits and I don’t trust them anyway. But your point is moot as BECU has still chosen to inconvenience many hundreds of customers by choosing not to renew its lease at the StarBucks on Alki. There are no 7-11s down on Alki, fortunately.
December 20, 2009 at 5:50 pm #683089
JoBParticipantthe closest place i can make a deposit to my credit union is in Kirkland
when we lived in Minnesota it was in Beaverton
and yet….
hubby has been with them 30+ years
and i don’t see a move any time soon.
they are that good!
USAA banking has a new service
you can scan a check to deposit it
i have asked my credit union to look into this
it would solve a lot of problems for me
including allowing me to close a local discretionary account that i use to deposit those occasional checks
the only reason i ever go to Kirkland to the CU bank is to deposit checks.
I don’t trust the mail:(
December 21, 2009 at 7:59 pm #683090
guitarboy53MemberBECU members can now scan checks from home in online banking for remote deposits. I found it in the Online Deposits tab within online banking.
December 21, 2009 at 9:51 pm #683091
on boardParticipant@33 RAE
I used the 7-11 at Admiral to make a check deposit this weekend since the BECU ATM had a horrendous line at Safeway. Easy as anything.
Those of you stubbornly refusing to go to a 7-11 (Citibank) ATM are pretty stupid if you ask me. BECU are able to offer savings on fees and products by negotiating deals like this that eliminate the need to scatter ATMs all across the nation like most banks have to do. BECU’s deal with 7-11 as well as others is basically what you signed on with when you chose to join a credit union so please stop whining.
December 21, 2009 at 10:17 pm #683092
JustSarahParticipantBut… on board… *stomps feet* I WANT THE ATM I USE TO BE TURQUOISE AND HAVE A PRETTY BECU LOOOOGOOOOO!!! *pout*
December 21, 2009 at 10:22 pm #683093
JoBParticipantit’s good to want things
December 22, 2009 at 7:18 am #683094
RAEMemberYah, I know, It does sound like whining. I’m not gettin much support here. Ooops, there I go again. I do miss being able to walk to my BECU ATM and do my banking. I’ve been able to walk to my ATM for over TEN years. Not everyone is as mobile as you all seem to be. Now, I have to get on a bus or get a ride to a 7-11 or whatever, all because BECU choose not to renew their lease. The remote outpost of Alki, just didn’t make the cut. There are no 7-11s in my neighborhood and I can’t spend a hundred dollars on a SCANNER!. I wish I could say it as well as Mark Knopfler, I WANT MY ATM!
December 22, 2009 at 5:16 pm #683095
on boardParticipantI also miss the ATM, but it’s like everything else at Alki I guess. I miss the real grocery store and cringe to think of the promise of a new one with more outrageous prices. I had to laugh when the time came that we had a food store for pets, but nothing for humans. Then I had to laugh when someone decided the area needed three new Mexican restaurants to open during the same year.
In short, the business climate down in Alki doesn’t make much sense, pretty much feast or famine. If it were otherwise however we probably wouldn’t love it so much though.
December 22, 2009 at 5:21 pm #683096
JustSarahParticipantRAE – maybe you should write that song, a la Weird Al. ;-)
Really, though – I do empathize with you overall. I walk or ride the bus everywhere this time of year. The scooter needs a visit to the shop, so that’s out even if I were up to riding in the cold, wet, dark weather.
However, BECU does need to carefully manage expenses so that they aren’t passed on to members in the form of fees or lower yields. It does suck that we’re getting a double-whammy here in WS.
December 22, 2009 at 8:59 pm #683097
dawsonctParticipantOne problem with running a business at a beach community (even an ATM) is that you only have 180 deg. of neighborhood to draw from, sometimes less, and only 2-3 months to really make your money for the year. Tough environment.
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Aside from the access issues, does BECU get an overall yes vote? How about Viking Bank? I REALLY want to leave ChaMu ASAP.
December 23, 2009 at 7:57 am #683098
RAEMemberThank you Sarah and OnBoard for your support. I really do love living in the remote out post of ALKI. It’s more remote now,though. When we moved here, it was a really self contained WALKABLE neighborhood. You didn’t have to get in a car to take care of most of your routine business. That was a big deal to us. We need more neighborhoods like that. We had a grocery store, good coffee and bakery, a couple of good restaurants, AND A BECU ATM, all within walking distance. it seems that we could all agree that walkability, makes a good neighborhood-a place we would all like to live. That’s why we all live in West Seattle, right? Otherwise we would live in Bellevue, or Federal Way where you have to get in your car to do ANYTHING.
So, we had our grocery store,right? But the property owner wanted a bigger better building. So, then we were all excited ’cause we got this new fancy grocery store. And it was nice. Really. But the property owner built such a fancy building that he has to charge REALLY high rents. So, our grocery store couldn’t make it. So, now we have a LITTLE expensive stop’n shop. Then we got ALL The Best Pet Store. I new right away, that that was not going to last. And I was right. My dog sure misses it, though. I do really like Cactus, However, I would gladly give it up ,that fancy new building and all, for that good old funky grocery store. And now BECU bails on our neighborhood! And so mobility is force upon us. I will gladly be a squeaky wheel about that.
December 26, 2009 at 6:06 pm #683099
JohnsonMemberI live near Thistle & California and think it’s just CRIMINAL that BECU hasn’t opened up an ATM right around the corner from me, surely that’s a good spot!
Morgan Junction is just too far away for me, why can’t I have everything in the world I want when I want it regardless of the cost?
I also want snow, but I don’t want too much, and I want the city of Seattle to come out and personally sweep off my car every time it snows. Just like a good little Seattleite
December 27, 2009 at 6:43 am #683100
RAEMemberWow, johnson, you do have some issues. Like most of us, though. I’d guess that BECUs lack of services is not one of them. Thistle & California is a very nice area. Happy New Year to you.
December 27, 2009 at 6:58 am #683101
CountingCoupMemberI really wonder how many of the bloggers here on this post have a BECU account.
If you don’t have an account then why do you have such distain for the rant?
December 28, 2009 at 7:10 am #683102
RAEMemberGood Point, Countingcoup. Simply made and to the point. Based on your previous posts, there is much we would agree on. I’ve been a member of BECU for 30 years. They have always been good to me. Years ago, when someone got hold of my account # and spent lots of my money BECU had me come in and go over my account line by line and they restored everything. So I think they are a smart enough group to realize when a series of decisions that they have made really inconveniences hundreds of their customers, that they will FIX IT! But they need to hear from us for that to happen. Contact BECU at BECU.org/Contact us.aspx or 439-5800 / 800-438-7805
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