I gasp at the wonderful service Wells Fargo provides to its customers.  I
dare say that if I ever chose to put money into a bank, then it be a bank, not
a black hole for my money to disappear never to be seen again, and
certainly not any bank they call wells fargo.

It seems that wells fargo is immune to the concept that the money they hold
of their customers, is indeed the money of their customer.  I am now under the
impression wells fargo missed the second semester of banking school where the
"withdrawal of money" was theorized and demonstrated.  Perhaps they simply
forget they weren't playing monopoly anymore.

I speak of the behavior by wells fargo when I initially contacted them
via telephone to raise the limit on my debit card.  A limit increase
requested for the purposes to make purchase of items that would exceed my
available limit, yet for which there was certainly ample funds being
"retained" by this "bank" on "my behalf".

Little did I realize until I was explicitly told that it was "their card" which
was the reason for not being able to access my own money.  I stated that
I would be happy to give them back "their card", for "my money".

During this very short conversation, my would be parents, had taken upon
themselves to show favour or disapproval on the types of purchases I would like
to make if they were to allow me to access the money I had been depositing
during this year.  A year of banking with the fore-mentioned business unlikely
to appear in resemblance to an "establishment of banking" lest I forget
the definition.

The dialog of their telephone service, quickly came to an abrupt end, not
which before i informed them that I would be departing to the bank in
person.  I, in my naivety, was in expectation of an attempt to feebly
rationalize or excuse for the behavior I had been witness too.

The bank in physical presence, not to be upstaged by their telephone
counterparts, continued this stage performance display of monetary
possession.  It is a tad reminisce of the bottomless money pit of any Enron style
organization where the money trail only leads in one direction.

I was briefly explained, that I could not have access to my own money because
of security reasons, and would only be "allowed" access to "my money" under an
emergency situation.

I do wonder how I am meant to buy plane tickets online, which offer significant
discounts, if I am not even able to access my own money; except maybe in a
large paper bag with the words "not Enron" covering the postage stamp.

I dare hope, they still.. do have my money.  I'm unlikely to see it though,
without passing go, or collecting two hundred dollars, and certainly not
by banking at wells fargo.

--
Silvio