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It’s occurred to me that two pieces of wisdom given to me from my Father, in my youth, no longer apply. First, I can distinctly remember my Father explaining to me that one important life goal is to save enough money that one can live off of the interest. This is an impossible goal at […] This past couple of weeks, I’ve been talking to my banks – on both sides of the Atlantic – in order to check up on some details of my life. And it occurred to me that back in January, when I was in Bloomington, I’d visited my safe deposit box and found all my old […] When I moved to the big city, I decided it was time to dump small regional banks and go with a large, substantial, international player – and I’ve been completely happy with that jump, until now. It’s all because my bank does not offer me the Karl Marx MasterCard, unlike Sparkasse Chemnitz. It’s almost enough […]
I spent a total of 29 hours in Bloomington – 29 action-packed hours, I might note, that included a lot of stops, including four trips to my principal bank in the United States, the Indiana University Credit Union. All four of my trips to the bank were necessary – but I won’t […] Tuesday evening HUK24, my German insurance company, sent me two messages to my private email address, essentially identical, each saying: Sehr geehrter Herr Lederer, wir haben Ihre Beitragsrechnung in Ihrem HUK24-Postfach abgelegt. Um Ihre Nachricht abzurufen, loggen Sie sich bitte auf unserer Internetseite in Ihren Servicebereich “Meine HUK24” ein und wählen Sie anschließend die Option […] It’s amazing how difficult it can be to close an account with the people at VR Bank Weimar. I regret ever opening an account with them. Miserable Dienstleistung indeed. Once I got my new job in Berlin there was one easy decision: it was time to fire my local, parochial, hick, and awful bank in Weimar. However this is not something done overnight, rather there is going to be a two or three month transition period while I redirect automatic payments that come out […] I noticed as my plane was descending into Salt Lake City clear evidence of the financial crisis and its impact on housing – it’s actually quite easy to see from above. Unfortunately I didn’t grab my camera quickly enough and the Utah aspects went unphotographed. Descending into Denver I was better prepared and I got […] |
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