stickin it to the man says:

Quick little story about Capital One. They’re not quite as bad as BOA, but almost.

I had a fixed rate credit card with Capital One for over 5 years and a savings account with them for 2 or 3 years. This spring they announced that they were going to double the interest rate on my credit card for no reason (account in good standing, no late payments, etc.). They did give me the option of closing my account and paying off the balance at my current rate, so that’s what I did. Of course I was pissed off, so I also closed my savings account and vowed to never do business with them again.

Except I apparently didn’t properly close my savings account. I still have $0.02 in my account. Every month, Capital One is kind enough to pay for the paper, ink, and postage it requires to update me on the status of my 2 cent balance. It’s not a big thing, but it makes me smile every time I open a statement. My little way of stickin it to the man.

Uncle Patso says:

Yes, corporations are in business to make money. But they have completely forgotten that there is a word and a concept called “enough.” (In fact, I sometimes wonder if that’s still a word in English.) The largest corporations are acting more and more like a pack of rabid dogs and less and less like an organization of human beings.