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Posted by GSalisbury on October 26, 2006, 6:15 pm
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> I had the same problem. I'm able to see the statements on my 2 former MBNA
accounts on BoA's
> award-winning web site and even download the QFX file for my latest
statement. Following the
> instructions on BoA's award-winning web site on deactivating the MBNA
online services in
> Quicken, associating the accounts to BoA, and reenabling the accounts
resulted in failure.
> Double clicking the downloaded QFX file also doesn't work. According to
BoA's (apparently
> non-award winning) telephone tech support, former MBNA account holders
have to wait for a
> full cycle for the online downloads to work. Curiously, they define a full
cycle as that
> point where *two* native BoA statements have been received for the former
MBNA account.
>
> So, now we former MBNAers have the benefit of "improved" paper statements
(defined as a very
> small font fuzzily printed on Soviet-era bathroom tissue grade paper with
all sections of the
> statement placed as closely together as possible) and no access to
downloadabe statements for
> the next two months.
>
> This transition is incredibly poor even for the banking business - more
appropriate for Billy
> Bob's Savings and Piggy Bank than a large bank like BoA. Personally, I'll
probably not be a
> BoA customer anymore by the time they get this mess straightened out.
I'm not prepared to go as far as quitting BOA as I have too much history in
too many accounts but have considered sitting on my ex-MBNA Cards for awhile
to see what happens.
I agree it seems very poorly handled.
Geo.
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