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finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Satisfied Washington Mutual Customer for 12 Years

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:36:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jurgrace - Twelve years ago I opened up my first "grown up" checking account at a Washington Mutual branch near the university I was about to begin attending. At the time, Washington Mutual was mostly a local bank. It had yet to become the object of nationwide...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: A WAMU customer since -- forever

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:34:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lamccomas - I've been with WAMU since they bought out Great Western -- that was a loooong time ago. I've had my ups and downs with them, but mostly due to inertia I'm still with them, even though I now live in an east coast state with no WAMU presence. A lot of the...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: The Fed Continues to Make Wamu Less Useful

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:31:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author doubleojames - I signed up with Washington Mutual online during the summer of 2007, around the same time I signed up for S
cottrade.
It seemed like there were great deals online that I was missing out on, so I made a concerted effort...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: WaMu is terrible.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:28:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author varinia - I opened a checking acct with WaMu online a couple of months ago. I received my Master card a few weeks ago and only activated it today, together with a large deposit from one of my accts with another bank. Tonight I received a 'letter' in the mail. It...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Horrible customer service

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:43:43 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rolandas - I had opened a free checking account and an online savings account with WaMu in July 2007 tempted by their savings interest rates. One of the requirements for the good rate - above 5% at that time, still 4% as of this writing - is to keep the checking...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Terrible Bank, Terrible customer service

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:40:01 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author chaimetta - They must be the worst bank out there. Without notice, closed my checking account and now missing an electronic transfer. Their customer service and bank staff are the most unknowledgeable waste of...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Criminals. Simply Legalized Rip Off Artists.

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:46:54 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author tjfdesign - I believe this bank should be shut down and the people that wrote its fee structure thrown in jail. The worst customer service I've ever encountered, the most unbelievable series of traps and ripoffs throughout their business. I cannot urge people in any...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: I love my Wamu Free Checking Account!

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 02:14:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dreamr - I questioned the validity of "free checking" when I first opened my online account, but WAMU has lived up to all of its commitments to me. I received my account materials (including the free checks) very quickly--within 10 business days. The checks...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Washington Mutual: Frustrations Galore

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:16:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mapledrive - My husband and I had been loyal Washington Mutual customers for nearly a year when things started going wrong. First, I went into our local (IL) branch to change my name after we got married. The teller, who was very kind and personable, pulled up my...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Home of Free Checking & Outsourced Phone Support

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:57:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dennpat - I was originally a Home Savings of America customer until Washington Mutual acquired them around 1999. At the time I opened my accounts with Home Savings (1985), I was employed by a company that was owned by the same parent company as Home Savings, plus...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Good service but not so good interest rates

Sun, 9 Dec 2007 02:41:54 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I was a customer of Great Western Savings back in the late 1980's, which was taken in by Washington Mutual. My single account with Washington Mutual ( now calling itself 'WaMu' ) was closed out this year since the interest rate was poor. The account...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Online application failed twice- worst customer service ever!

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:35:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author tigerucla - I heard about their online savings account and was very interested in being able to keep my money in a high yield savings account and transfer money intantly to a free checking account with free online bill pay. So, I applied on 11/5/07 for a joint...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: A BETTER BANK....WISH THEY WOULD EXPAND!

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:01:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author flickerwic - I became familiar with Washington Mutual Bank when our mortgage was transferred to them, before that, I actually had never heard of them since as they do not have branches located in Indiana. Since then, I have watched them expand, they still no branches...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: WAMU is losing customers one state at a time.

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 18:15:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author karlnels69 - If you transfer money online or over the phone more than 6 times from one account to another within a single transaction period of one month you will be charged $10.00 excess activity charge. And they will not give it back under any circumstances. Plus...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: TIME IS MONEY

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:45:35 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author rockstarvb - They failed to send me a new debit card after mine was expired. I didnt find out until I went into a Starbucks. I called them to have my new card sent to me. One week later, nothing. I called again and they said its on its way. Another week went by,...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: They can close your account at discretion

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:34:23 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author zalakinc - I opened the account with them because it had great features, like free wire transfers, one refund of nsf fees, etc. so i opneed the account, and a week later, they just closed my account. I called them to ask why? they said i was rude to one of the...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: WaMu works for me

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:51:37 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ninefoot3 - After writing a bad review about National City, I felt compelled to write a positive review on my 'good bank'. I've been with WAMU since fall of 2001. Never a problem. I like the different design they use inside the bank. It's a nice change from the...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Washington Mutual can't ever get it right

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:53:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author foodauthor - The Miami Herald just published an article in Action Line and they said "Shame on Washington Mutual" for their poor service! I believe Washington Mutual is intentionally lying, in order to save themselves money on my "free checking account." New...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: WAMU--bad checking account experience

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:45:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lclv - As a WAMU checking account holder for over twenty years, I have never had any major problems until now. But my old bank has made up for lost time. Earlier this week, I made an ATM deposit at the branch located at Borel Square in San Mateo, as I had...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Disappointed in WaMu

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:44:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author calfirefighter - Moved to Wamu about 8 months ago and on a number of occasions had an opportunity to talk with the manager who always seemed interested in serving me and my 100K. "Really want to earn your business", and "Will do what we need for you", sort of statements.”...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Washington Mutual Sucks

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:08:08 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author wtips - Washington Mutual is terrible. I won't get into the details again (already wrote another comment about it on epinions.com), but they have policies that nickel & dime their customers. They told me that if I had been a customer for over a year they...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: WaMu is a very poor bank

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:02:21 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author consumertruth - I tried to open an online checking and savings - didn't work, I called them, they said to come into the branch to open the checking and then they could link the savings account to it. Didn't work. We sat there and used the branch computer to try to...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: Don't want to deal with India

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:48:41 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author dorafish - I can echo a previous review. Have had the card for 3 plus years. Just had a very frustrating experience activating my replacement card with a woman who sounded Indian. Called customer service twice after that and the reps also had an Indian accent. I...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: "Go ahead and bank elsewhere."

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:28:53 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lisamar - The above is a quote from the Senior Personal Financial Representative at the Long Beach Circle branch. I've been a Wamu customer now for about 7 years. Until today I hadn't had any memorable encounters with their customer service, either positive...

finc-Financial Services-Online-Banks-Washington Mutual: NSFs, anyone?

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:50:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dwr322 - To be fair, let's start with the good. As a college student, there was a branch right there at the school. A checking account is "free" with no monthly fees, and the savings account pays 4.8% APR, which is good, actually. However, on no less then two...