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Calm down. You'll be fine if you're under the FDIC limits. If everyone goes and pulls their money out the company will go under for sure. Now is not the time for irrational behavior.
Hahaha.. it is until they tell you they are going to bankrupt... point is... the more money people withdraw from WaMu (and they ARE withdrawing)... the likely they are going to go bankrupt (probably this weekend)... people WILL panic and withdraw... so NO, your money is NOT safe... better to withdraw NOW then to wait in line for a week to get it.. that is unless you think not paying bills that are due soon is not important...
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calm down. You'll be fine if you're under the fdic limits. If everyone goes and pulls their money out the company will go under for sure. Now is not the time for irrational behavior.
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I disagree. If my bank goes under...it causes me stress. That stress leads me to find out where my money is. That finding leads to a loss of time while I find out where and how to get my money.
"Oh! It's covered by the FDIC!"
"What does that mean?"
Oh, you don't know what that means for my bank? ME NEITHER! Now, I have to find out. Which takes time. My wife is asking me, "Where is our money? Can the children eat school lunch tomorrow, or should I pack a sack lunch? Does our debit/credit card work? What if they say they "Didn't get our deposit?......No one is asnwering the phones!! They say they haven't got the money!! Our credit is going to be ruined!!!"
I see this will take no time from your life. I estimate it would take multiple hours from mine. I estimate my time at $100 bucks an hour. What is your time worth?
A dollar? 2 dollars? 25 dollars? I have about 35 years or so left on this planet. I hate when someone wastes my time.
They are wasting someone's time. Not mine..I don't bank with WAMU. But they are definitely wasting someone's time.
People don't seem to understand... its not a matter of IF WaMu is going under... its a matter of when and it is SOON... do you REALLY want to stand in line since 3 AM for five hours to withdraw your money? I guess people have nothing better to do with their time... or you can pull it all out NOW and put it in a bank that will be here next week... takes 5 minutes... lets see 5 hours or 5 minutes... hmm....
People don't seem to understand... its not a matter of IF WaMu is going under... its a matter of when and it is SOON... do you REALLY want to stand in line since 3 AM for five hours to withdraw your money? I guess people have nothing better to do with their time... or you can pull it all out NOW and put it in a bank that will be here next week... takes 5 minutes... lets see 5 hours or 5 minutes... hmm....
If I am under the insurance limits why would I have to withdraw the money? If WaMu goes under the FDIC will shut it down on a Friday and it will open up Monday under control of the FDIC or another bank. Thats what happened with Indymac and the other banks that were taken over by the FDIC. People are seriously overreacting.
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