Re: ING Direct - No love for Opera :(
[email protected] Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:38:17 -0400 (EDT)
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--===============0729807856== Content-Type: multipart/alternative;boundary="----=_20100720033817000000_98788" ------=_20100720033817000000_98788 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A_=0AI did see their "electric orange" emails over and over again, but We= lls Fargo (my main bank) lets me use a credit card I have with them as "ove= rdraft protection", which means that instead of being charged crazy fees, t= hey take the amount needed from the credit card. (Learnt that quite by acci= dent, wish they would publicize it :) But I guess they make most of their b= utter with consumers from various fees...)=0A =0AThanks for the nice discus= sion, I have added look-into-Amex-savings to my todo list!=0A =0AAll the be= st,=0A =0ACharles=0A=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: "Jack Hill" <jack= [email protected]>=0ASent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:38pm=0ATo: "Using Oper= a" <[email protected]>=0ASubject: Re: [OU] ING Direct - No love for Ope= ra :(=0A=0AWell, I still use ING Direct checking because they don't charge = for =0Aoverdrafts on the plastic, and it's only a relatively minor hassle = =0Aentering my security info each time I log on; but I transferred almost a= ll =0Amy savings to Amexco. Of course, with any bank, you need to check tho= se =0Ainterest rates frequently because they don't notify you when they red= uce =0Athem.=0A=0AOn Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:41:50 -0700, Harry Lake <harry.lak= [email protected]> wrote:=0A=0A> At 20:57 19-7-2010 CEST, you wrote:=0A>> _=0A>> PS,= Jack: if even Opera premium support could not help=0A>> troubleshoot/fix t= his issue, I am kind of losing hope anyone will be=0A>> able to :( I welcom= e your bank's name even more, then.=0A>=0A>=0A> Of course, ING have been at= pains to make clear that the name should=0A> be pronounced Eye - Enn - Gee= , or Ee - Enn - Ghay in Dutch. (gh as in=0A> Van Gogh - oh, never mind! :-)= =0A>=0A> (Actually, if you're interested, it's like ch in Scottish 'loch' o= r=0A> gh as in Irish 'lough'. In Dutch, the letter G is pronounced the same= =0A> way as gh, so that Vincent van Gogh's name, and indeed that of anyone= =0A> else with that surname, e.g. the murdered film maker Theo van Gogh (I= =0A> myself knew someone called van Gogh), is pronounced (using 'ch' as in= =0A> loch) as 'choch'. It's sort of half-way between h as in 'hot' and c=0A= > as in 'cot'. My wife's name was Gemma and my parents learnt (more or=0A> = less) to pronounce it by simply adding an H to Emma and trying to=0A> make = it sound a bit guttural (this was in the very early 1970s, long,=0A> long b= efore Gemma ('Jemma', sometimes spelt that way) had even been=0A> heard of = in the UK - indeed, I like to think it was she who=0A> introduced the name = there!). (In case anyone's wondering - I doubt it=0A> - the name Gemma (in = Holland, anyway) comes from the RC Saint Gemma =0A> Galgani.)=0A>=0A> Sorry= about all that. It won't happen again (till the next time).=0A>=0A> Harry= =0A=0A=0A--=0AUnsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=3Du= nsubscribe=0A ------=_20100720033817000000_98788 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font face=3D"arial" size=3D"2"><DIV>_<BR>I did see their "electric orange"= emails over and over again, but Wells Fargo (my main bank) lets me use a c= redit card I have with them as "overdraft protection", which means that ins= tead of being charged crazy fees, they take the amount needed from the cred= it card. (Learnt that quite by accident, wish they would publicize it :) Bu= t I guess they make most of their butter with consumers from various fees..= .)</DIV>=0A<DIV> </DIV>=0A<DIV>Thanks for the nice discussion, I have = added look-into-Amex-savings to my todo list!</DIV>=0A<DIV> </DIV>=0A<= DIV>All the best,</DIV>=0A<DIV> </DIV>=0A<DIV>Charles<BR><BR>-----Orig= inal Message-----<BR>From: "Jack Hill" <[email protected]><BR>S= ent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:38pm<BR>To: "Using Opera" <opera-users@oper= a.com><BR>Subject: Re: [OU] ING Direct - No love for Opera :(<BR><BR>Wel= l, I still use ING Direct checking because they don't charge for <BR>overdr= afts on the plastic, and it's only a relatively minor hassle <BR>entering m= y security info each time I log on; but I transferred almost all <BR>my sav= ings to Amexco. Of course, with any bank, you need to check those <BR>inter= est rates frequently because they don't notify you when they reduce <BR>the= m.<BR><BR>On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:41:50 -0700, Harry Lake <harry.lake@wxs= .nl> wrote:<BR><BR>> At 20:57 19-7-2010 CEST, you wrote:<BR>>> = _<BR>>> PS, Jack: if even Opera premium support could not help<BR>>= ;> troubleshoot/fix this issue, I am kind of losing hope anyone will be<= BR>>> able to :( I welcome your bank's name even more, then.<BR>><= BR>><BR>> Of course, ING have been at pains to make clear that the na= me should<BR>> be pronounced Eye - Enn - Gee, or Ee - Enn - Ghay in Dutc= h. (gh as in<BR>> Van Gogh - oh, never mind! :-)<BR>><BR>> (Actual= ly, if you're interested, it's like ch in Scottish 'loch' or<BR>> gh as = in Irish 'lough'. In Dutch, the letter G is pronounced the same<BR>> way= as gh, so that Vincent van Gogh's name, and indeed that of anyone<BR>> = else with that surname, e.g. the murdered film maker Theo van Gogh (I<BR>&g= t; myself knew someone called van Gogh), is pronounced (using 'ch' as in<BR= >> loch) as 'choch'. It's sort of half-way between h as in 'hot' and c<B= R>> as in 'cot'. My wife's name was Gemma and my parents learnt (more or= <BR>> less) to pronounce it by simply adding an H to Emma and trying to<= BR>> make it sound a bit guttural (this was in the very early 1970s, lon= g,<BR>> long before Gemma ('Jemma', sometimes spelt that way) had even b= een<BR>> heard of in the UK - indeed, I like to think it was she who<BR>= > introduced the name there!). (In case anyone's wondering - I doubt it<= BR>> - the name Gemma (in Holland, anyway) comes from the RC Saint Gemma= <BR>> Galgani.)<BR>><BR>> Sorry about all that. It won't happen a= gain (till the next time).<BR>><BR>> Harry<BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Unsubscri= be: mailto:[email protected]?subject=3Dunsubscribe<BR></DIV></f= ont> ------=_20100720033817000000_98788-- --===============0729807856== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe --===============0729807856==--