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the company i work for has a deal with Fleet, so i get free checking with no min balance, free online banking and bill pay.. so works for me... btw i notice no one has really been posting their order cancellations emails in awhile... maybe they stopped sending them?

Nah, I'm in New York City, trying to find a bank that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for just having a checking account... :crazy:

you can reduce or totaly eliminate bank fees by useing direct deposit check your employer, and haveing them archive your cashed checks instead of haveing them send them to you

you will still get your monthly statement

call your bank and ask

im so into this that ive setup myie2 to auto refresh...

every 10 minutes - my bank's website w/ my account $$$ and any pending charges.

every 15 minutes - my ubid account order status page

every 5 mintes - Outlook Express for any Ubid emails

the emails of this info will be forwarded to my cell phone!!

good idea

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im so into this that ive setup myie2 to auto refresh...

every 10 minutes - my bank's website w/ my account $$$ and any pending charges.

every 15 minutes - my ubid account order status page

every 5 mintes - Outlook Express for any Ubid emails

the emails of this info will be forwarded to my cell phone!!

is this possible for firebird...

you can reduce or totaly eliminate bank fees by useing direct deposit check your employer, and haveing them archive your cashed checks instead of haveing them send them to you

you will still get your monthly statement

call your bank and ask

It's not that, my current checking account is free, but the online service totally sucks, transactions show up a few days later, and they're not labeled properly, etc, my whole account balance is delayed by at least a day, generally Greenpoint Bank sucks.

My problem is that all the other banks in my area that I would consider switching to charge a monthly fee for having an account open (and I can't keep $1000 in my account at all times to avoid that). :no:

BTW, still no email from uBid whatsoever, and my order status still says "In Process" for both drives.

PS. Papi, the DJ in your pic is DJ Tiesto, nice. ;)

mine says "in process" as well, but i've received confirmation emails, so that makes me feel better.

have you checked your email? maybe it was directed to your junk mail folder.

mine says "in process" as well, but i've received confirmation emails, so that makes me feel better.

have you checked your email? maybe it was directed to your junk mail folder.

I don't have such a thing as a junk mail folder, so nope. :huh: I wonder, maybe their system screwed up and they'll actually ship my drives! :p

how long does this take to process? i've been waiting for quite a while

honestly the way online transactions go from 99.9% of companies out there generate a monetary batch every day

of all the sales for the day and release it at midnight EST. at that time all the purchases then get completed in a few

hours by having the financial institution electronically transfer the money over.

dont confuse this w/ in-store transactions, its similar but the authorization for the card and balance happens at that moment.

for example of you by a CD at a store and use a Credit/Debit/Check Card when they swipe it, it dials out to the bank/company

asking if the card is legit, stolen and has sufficient funds. if all is ok, then it gives authorization for the purchase.

if you check out the timeline of the purchase, it sometimes takes a day or 2 before the amount is deducted out of the account.

this gives time for both parties to make sure everything is cool.

I hate to admit, but it will take probably til mid night tonight to figure out if the purchase(s) will work or not.

for those talking about banks, i use Bank of America. its really big in VA.

like others have mentioned before, if you have direct deposit from your employer

you get mad lahrd discounts and freebies!! i have a no-minimum checking account.

free online banking and online bill paying. however, i have to put a minimum of $25 from

my paycheck into my savings, which is cool, cuz i forget about it for like 3 months and realize

i have like $150 in there extra to play w/, that money got used today for my lahrd purchase

from ubid!! I currently put in about $75 per pay check into my savings w/ every paycheck.

also since i have profit sharing w/ my company i can slim off the profits and automatically

drop it into my savings too. w/ that in place i have a no-minimum savings account.

w/o direct deposit from my stock in dishnetwork i would have $200.

i think minimum amount accounts are BS, its your money and you should be able to

use it, the only reason why banks put that restriction on is to have their clients keep

more money in so that they can make a bigger profit. it does work out however for

everyone so that banks can save money and pass it on to the client. but like someone

else mentioned earlier... $1000 minimum is super lahrd BS!!! thats way too much.

i dont know that many people who can save $1000 more or less maintain that amount

in a bank!!

Guys be patient.. it should clear by tuesday or wednesday, thursday at the latest. You should then get an email saying the order has been processed, and if all goes well, they should ship thursdsay or friday. It takes them about 2 days to process.

i was just surfing around and stumbled upon this article: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13691

it's so germane. :laugh:

That article is about the same as a couple of others posted here.

it has to do w/ the UK. their laws and acts are different from the US.

Since Ubid is a US company and almost all the buyers are in the US,

Ubid has to abide by US law. as far as i am aware there are little or

no laws or acts that are federal that proctect online consumers.

i do know that there are many states out there that cover consumers

under their own state law. for example in VA where i live, they

protect consumers from "bait and switch" seller tactics. for example,

a seller cant put a price tag of 99cents on a bottle of pepsi and then

when you purchase it they tell you it was mislabeled and its really

$1.10, sure its 11cents more and you might not mind to buy it still

cuz it was still a good deal. VA prohibits this and by VA law a seller

in-state or out-state (exludes international) MUST sell the product

at the advertised price. so i am protected in this case w/ Ubid.

since the VA law is very broad it also covers online retailers as well

as of course physical store retailers. (yay for VA)

as far as purchasing online, if you dont already, do this:

-find the product best price on pricewatch.com or pricegrabber.com (same type of site, but you can get different results)

-find the best 3 to 5 e-tailers and use resellerratings.com to see if they actually have a good rating.

when at resellerratings, i dont read too deep w/ some of the complaints they have posted. for the most part

its retard buyers who screwed themselves and blame the company, also you get more negative feedback

than positive. its in our human nature to voice complaints more than praise... if you work for any company as a low level

employee like me you know what im talking about!! :pinch:

Thought i would enlighten you all w/ some resellerrating.com info on ubid...

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2050.html

frightening stuff... makes me feel like they will be shafting us pretty soon, but i will remain optimistic for now.

i am assuming if they are so incompitent then by chance they may actually ship the drives!!

here is the BBB file on them...

http://www.chicago.bbb.org/common.html?loc...&compid=9002499

FYI:: the BBB considers over 50 complaints in 1 year about any company is concidered "un-exceptable" and the company gets

a low rating. if you read the statics, they speak for themselves!!

its a wonder they are still in buisness!!

i know crack houses that give better service than ubid!!

Thought i would enlighten you all w/ some resellerrating.com info on ubid...

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2050.html

frightening stuff... makes me feel like they will be shafting us pretty soon, but i will remain optimistic for now.

i am assuming if they are so incompitent then by chance they may actually ship the drives!!

yeah, i posted that link earlier, but my friend said he's had good experiences with ubid (although his friends have not). that worries me a little.

Thought i would enlighten you all w/ some resellerrating.com info on ubid...

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2050.html

frightening stuff... makes me feel like they will be shafting us pretty soon, but i will remain optimistic for now.

i am assuming if they are so incompitent then by chance they may actually ship the drives!!

here is the BBB file on them...

http://www.chicago.bbb.org/common.html?loc...&compid=9002499

FYI:: the BBB considers over 50 complaints in 1 year about any company is concidered "un-exceptable" and the company gets

a low rating. if you read the statics, they speak for themselves!!

its a wonder they are still in buisness!!

i know crack houses that give better service than ubid!!

seems like their auction place sucks, but their store is OK... dunno, still waiting for shipping confirmation

That article is about the same as a couple of others posted here.

it has to do w/ the UK. their laws and acts are different from the US.

Since Ubid is a US company and almost all the buyers are in the US,

Ubid has to abide by US law. as far as i am aware there are little or

no laws or acts that are federal that proctect online consumers.

i do know that there are many states out there that cover consumers

under their own state law. for example in VA where i live, they

protect consumers from "bait and switch" seller tactics. for example,

a seller cant put a price tag of 99cents on a bottle of pepsi and then

when you purchase it they tell you it was mislabeled and its really

$1.10, sure its 11cents more and you might not mind to buy it still

cuz it was still a good deal. VA prohibits this and by VA law a seller

in-state or out-state (exludes international) MUST sell the product

at the advertised price. so i am protected in this case w/ Ubid.

since the VA law is very broad it also covers online retailers as well

as of course physical store retailers. (yay for VA)

as far as purchasing online, if you dont already, do this:

-find the product best price on pricewatch.com or pricegrabber.com (same type of site, but you can get different results)

-find the best 3 to 5 e-tailers and use resellerratings.com to see if they actually have a good rating.

when at resellerratings, i dont read too deep w/ some of the complaints they have posted. for the most part

its retard buyers who screwed themselves and blame the company, also you get more negative feedback

than positive. its in our human nature to voice complaints more than praise... if you work for any company as a low level

employee like me you know what im talking about!! :pinch:

i was wondering MD laws r similar to Va?

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