indeed Mike, :thumbsup

As long as there are US aircraft carriers and naval fleet, I think that $ will be most secure solution.

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cool :winkwink:

a person won't last long in los angeles going around teaching strangers lessons and putting them in their places like they are their child.

Keeping on topic, what does the above have to do with keeping a low profile while in a bank so you can minimize the chances of having a suspicious activity report filed on you?

"Common" forms of suspicious behavior"

*THE CUSTOMER REFUSES TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE OR SHE IS DOING, AND IMPLIES THAT THE TELLER HAS NO BUSINESS BEING CURIOUS.

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nice day!

I tell people what they need to know about me, not what they want or think they deserve to know. It's my choice, not theirs. There is a difference and most people aren't smart enough to understand that and apply it to their life because they are loose lipped. They feel they need to impress people with their deeds or what they do or have done. Whether its money, sex, ...or whatever other type of conquests you think you have achieved.

All I can say is that philosophy has served me well over the years. Especially being in this business. I actually had a teller at my CU years ago take issue with a Verotel check because it was out of the Netherlands. I know the bank manager. My Dad worked for the company. When she came over and said it was fine, the girl said "How come you get checks from all over the country and world?". I replied to her looking at the bank manager in dissaproval, "Is there some reason you need to know that?"

Never had another issue there or a check questioned since.....

this really makes your story a lot different. I generally agree with what you're saying, but bank starts asking questions like this, you deal with the questions.

claiming that you are 'tight lipped', while your family seems to know the 'banking family', isn't a comparable thing

If your running a legit business than you shouldn't have to worry about that. It's not an open door policy for a teller to play 20 questions with you about your finances.

It's akin to the issue at Barneys going on with that black kid being interrogated by loss prevention about purchasing a high end belt..simply because they are curious about why he is buying the belt or the circumstances of how could afford it.

Lots of people making big money speculating on bitcoins. There's some risk that the US and other governments around the world will outlaw them but if so it will take years and years and ultimately it would end up in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Those Bitcoin ATM's - I guarantee those will be under surveillance. There are 3 types of people who are involved in bitcoins

1)Drug dealers and other criminals

2)Bitcoin speculators

3)Tax evaders

For those who like to gamble it's a great opportunity - there are sure to be many highs and lows with bitcoins and that's what speculators love.

Well its a credit union. My dad retired from the company, not the actual credit union, but yes we have banked there for years.

My point was that if a bank manager wants to talk to me in more detail if there are concerns about my account, thats fine. I will tell them what they need to know and what they are entitled to know. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm not going to discuss my financial affairs with a rotating teller whose getting paid $12 an hour to stick her hand in a drawer and count.

fair enough, and to be my annoying self, i must point out the conflict in your statements..

you talk about 'airheads who gossip', but these are the very same airheads you're advocating that we 'tell to mind their own business', while they work in a KYC setting..

this will, without a doubt, cause people trouble.

anyway, not all kids are entitled, we definitely know more about keeping our mouths shut than your generation (on a basis that we have had to think a lot more about it)

Well there is a delicate way to tell somebody to mind their own business and get your point across...and then there is yelling it and being abusive....I wasn't suggesting that...it certainly calls for a little tact, but you can make your point very clear with a little tone and and disapproving look.

Nosey people are fairly easy to deal with if you confront them. They know they are nosey. They cave pretty easy. You're not the first person to tell them to mind their own business....its just how you deal with that kind of personality type.

keep trying that over the jeans and chewing gum :disgust

stupid 'modern' bankers.

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A guy in Norway forgot about his investment from years back and realized he had a little over $600k euro in bitcoins

I am pretty sure the bank teller didn't ask "who the hell" was sending the OP $200k from Slovenia, but it is not unusual for a bank to want to know the reason for a large incoming amount. I would be more worried if a bank I was depositing $200k into, didn't ask me.

.gov dont like bitcoin.
.gov seizures result in 10% of bitcoins.
.gov can crash the market when ever they decide.

I agree with that for the most part DWB. Times are changing though, USA is very mismanaged imho while other countries are on the come up and have different views. (China for example).

$886k for an apartment in a country that nobody really wants to live in? I can think of many better uses for almost a million bucks. Could he not even get a small house and a bit of land?