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By: rocketc

rocketc — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:06:28 +0000

I recieved no consideration from ING Direct. I am way too small for them to even notice me. If I recieve money for a post, my readers will be aware of it. I just wrote about something I like: free coffee and a cool bank. Just because I like something does not mean that I am getting paid (other than account bonuses and free coffee, but you could have gotten those, too) Furthermore, I had accounts at NetBank that were transferred to ING. ING did more than enough to keep me up to date on what was happening. The transfer of accounts happened without any inconvenience on my part.

I am not aware of the rage you reference, but I will do some checking. Jim, in a cursory reading of your blog, it seems that you injoy finding problems and revelling in misery. Good luck with that.

I would love to see you write a positive post once a week or once a month. Leaders think positive and are solution oriented anyone can be a crank. That said, thanks for stopping by and I hope to hear from you again.

By: Jim Freeman

Jim Freeman — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:55:16 +0000

It seems you’re not so much a big fan as a paid shill.

The FDIC was no doubt so relieved to find some bank that would take over NetBank, that they didn’t require much beyond ING Direct not specifically breaking U.S. banking laws.

ING Direct has consistently lied to NetBank account holders in the run-up to finalizing their takeover. The Blogosphere is full of rage. The Dutch are used to it, in their long-lost days of empire, half the world was under their wooden shoe.

Thank god New Amsterdam is now New York and the worst ING Bank can do is pick off crippled U.S. banking units.

Meanwhile, you can bet that ING Bank is looking over its shoulder and checking its own portfolios to see how much asset based securities are in actuality sub-prime mortgage derivatives.