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They have no record of me entering THZ3 as a promotion either, but they have a savings account promotion on record for me. PITA.


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DreamR2I said:Do they "hard pull" your credit report??

yes they do and i have several accts with them but open one every few months to get a new bonus, hard pull EVERY time.


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I opened my account by the end of December, received my 125 check in the mail last week.


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Does anyone have a printout of the webpage containing the THZ3 offer? I didn't realize this would be this much of a hassle.

EDIT : Received printout from a gracious FWer.

Here's my situation :

Opened with THZ3 checking/savings in August. Didn't think of following up until now. (figured it just took a while to get paid) Called up the escalation team, spoke to a guy who said he had never heard of THZ3, but that he could give me $50 for the checking and $25 for the savings. He said that if I had the proof, I could take it to a banking center and get the $125. I took the $75 at that time. I called someone else in the Sales Promotions department and she has heard of THZ3, but since it wasn't on my application (it was), I was SOL. She didn't mention anything about bringing in the proof to the banking center (which I think is BS anyway), so I'm going to wait for KTC to kick in, close my accounts, wait for a new promotional offer and follow up beforehand next time.

I'm going to make about $100 out of my recent BoA experience ($50 checking + $25 savings + $50 savings from another promotion - lost interest - some hassle + some Keep the Change) so it's not all bad, but I can't see doing any major business with BoA ever.


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After emailing them with the same result/answer, I finally gave up by closing the two accounts few weeks ago.

Only yesterday, I found out that BOA credited my another checking account with $125.

I guess it is a happy ending after all. Now I gain back some faith.


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opened account with the THZ3 promo back in Oct.
In Dec, I called CSR regarding the period I will get the $125 bonus.
They say in about 2-3 months.
Finally $125 check showed up back in December/January.
AND a week later, automatic deposit to my savings account (electronic deposit) was received for another $125.

So conc:
opened 1 checking + 1 savings with THZ3 and get 2x$125.
I guess this is just pure luck.
I am wondering if anyone receives double dip?


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Received a check for the bonus today. Opened the account on Dec 21, 2006. Not sure if it made a difference but I had sent them a message via online about the bonus and the reply was to wait 60 days.


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So is everyone receiving a check or is the bonus being deposited in your checking account? I opened mine in Dec but everything got all messed up and after calling three times it got opened the middle of Jan. CSR said that wouldn't make a difference with my bonus. Just wondering if it was a check or deposit, thanks!


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^ it's a check. I applied in Dec and got my $125 check this month.


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does anyone know the paypal deposit deal? I am gettin slammed $5.95/mo for monthly maintenance fee, how often do i need to deposit from paypal to avoid this fee?


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I called them back again. Don't think I want to do business with BOA if they can't do any better than this. The CSR said I should hear in 3 business days, she said I could call and check my balance, maybe because of my problems they will do a deposit. I hope it is this week so I can close my accout and be done with it. I heard they have another promo for $75 for a new checking in the bank. Does anyone know about that one? Can we close our accounts and do this one?


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update - I opened account in december ( interest maximizer and checking) and i recieved $125 check last month.


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update - I opened accounts on december 31; emailed them, was told "no THZ3 entered" (="Gotcha!!!" A nice joke. Opened in October, entered the code; opened the same pair of accts in Dec, for some unconceivable reason, and decided not to enter the code ). Anyway, tried to reply them for sveral days in a row, online banking by some coincidence was down for me. After all, proposed to send them my pdf's with everything entered, on every page, they strted another investigation, with the same outcome -- no bonus for you, dude.
Perhaps I should have just mailed the printouts to some enforcement agency, without proposing to email those to BoA. Disgusting experience.


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anybody knows whether the offer ($125 for combined checking and saving) is still available? thanks.


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