Gothamist: Wall Street Woes Hit Bank Account, Gekko Can't Help

NannyState

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:43:53 -0500

^Oh don't do that. Write your phone # on the back and give the slip to a pretty girl. When she sees that bank balance, you will get that call.

so1337

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:51:44 -0500

Sorry guys. next time i'll throw out my trash

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:38:08 -0500

He could buy a lot of Pb with that amount. the last time I saw a thousand in my account was Christmas time, then a lien took it all. thankfully my bonus was a hard check cashed at a check cashing facility or I would be dirt broke.

NannyState

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:38:03 -0500

The receipt says "savings". This moron had that much escarole trapped in a Chase shitty interest sandwich. So why $100? Why not $95,000 and let the rest moulder? Saving for a rainy day? It's pouring buckets, and not just from a low pressure system off the Carolina coast.

OttoBloggo

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:58:22 -0500

If the person who left the receipt is a partner in a law firm, or a self-employed consultant, it's entirely feasible that the funds will be going to pay their third-quarter federal, state, and city tax installment, due October 15. As a formerly self-employed artist, even MY measly account would look pretty impressive in the last days before I gave it all to Uncle Sam.

Thespis

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:59:42 -0500

Ok, people shouldn't leave their ATM receipts for anyone to find, but is it really fair to post this on the internet? I'd guess no one could pull identity theft based on this information, but it's still personal information. And, besides, why would we consider this in any way laughable? Remember, this person COULD be some bigwig stock trader...but that seems unlikely, given that a bigwig would presumably be doing something smarter with the money than keeping it in a savings account. For all we know, this may instead be some 60-year old janitor down in the financial district, and this could be his life savings. Is the person (whoever he or she is) making the best possible return from the money? Well, not really -- but so what? It's their choice (for reasons that may be totally personal), and their money. So why should we care? This seems to me to be an invasion of privacy, and a complete non-story.

nice job

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:42:36 -0500

Looks like this guy/gal is keeping their money insured by letting it hover just under the 100,000 mark. The rest is probably in a box under their bed (or in a separate account). Real slick.

matty

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:31:13 -0500

you sound bitter

sarahlucy

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:26:40 -0500

my ex-boyfriend interned for a bigwig at universal studios this past spring and was once asked to go get some cash for him from an atm. the guy gave him the pin number and everything to get out like 60 bucks, and asked him to get a receipt. this dude had something like 300,000 in his CHECKING. we were convinced the entire thing was just a perverted ego boost to prove how much money he has lying around. what does this have to do with anything? not much.

Kojak

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:26:09 -0500

Maybe that's just his every day checking account. His other accounts might be Money Market, IRA , etc that doesn't show on the receipt. You can't tell from just this.

nycpeoplewatcher

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:17:29 -0500

Wait, wait, wait. If you don't keep 97 thou in your checking account, how're you to buy a house on a whim? I get this guy's logic!

babyhitler

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:08:36 -0500

money market yields 4 percent at most. The CPI is at 5%. You still lose money. This bitch probably uses money like water so a checking account is fine.

beezbo

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:58:02 -0500

I get excited if i have $1,000 in my account... it doesn't stay there for too long

JMH

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:55:39 -0500

"woes"? forgive me if I don't shed a tear for someone with $97,000 sitting in a savings account.

matty

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:54:09 -0500

Oh and it being on gawker is just a point of fact. Not a detraction from this site. I can't even post on that stupid idiot bored for jerks.

PTG in nyc

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:53:30 -0500

I agree, the fact that $97k is in a Chase checking account with a whopping .02% interest rate is the real story here. Even a t-bill at the height of last week's garbage yields more dough.

matty

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:52:55 -0500

I bet he does it just to piss people off. I know I would.

thenamesdave

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:50:07 -0500

Yeah, agree with 2. This amount of money should not be in this kind of account.

GigiDmnd

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:48:43 -0500

You think if you had that much cash, you'd at least put it in a money market account. *** www.jewssip.com

matty

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:31:20 -0500

ARTOG Already read this on gawker.