Comments on: CitiBank Strikes Again http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Caitlin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-943 Caitlin Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:20:23 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-943 that totally stinks. but your post DID remind me that today was day 15 after my first CTP payment...so I went and made my latest payment :D so...er thanks? ;) that totally stinks. but your post DID remind me that today was day 15 after my first CTP payment…so I went and made my latest payment :D

so…er thanks? ;)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-942 Flexo Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:32:43 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-942 Well Caitlin, they did it to me when I added the link to ING and when I switched from Citibank uPromise to Citibank PDR (even though my linked account never changed). Well Caitlin, they did it to me when I added the link to ING and when I switched from Citibank uPromise to Citibank PDR (even though my linked account never changed).

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-941 Caitlin Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:46:39 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-941 oy...they do this for EVERY account you link to click to pay? I thought it was just for the first one. how'd they get this annoying? I really do wonder whether this is just a very poorly designed anti-fraud measure. It doesnt seem that they'd invent this as a way of "tricking" people into paying more interest and fees (but I can be naive about the lengths some will go to to profit) oy…they do this for EVERY account you link to click to pay? I thought it was just for the first one.

how’d they get this annoying?

I really do wonder whether this is just a very poorly designed anti-fraud measure. It doesnt seem that they’d invent this as a way of “tricking” people into paying more interest and fees (but I can be naive about the lengths some will go to to profit)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-940 Flexo Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:29:33 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-940 This time, I solved the issue by transferring the $1,000 from ING to CitiBank -- the max allowed this time -- and the remainder of the bill from ING to my Wachovia checking account. Then, I initiated an additional card payment from my Wachovia account, which CitiBank allowed. This time, I solved the issue by transferring the $1,000 from ING to CitiBank — the max allowed this time — and the remainder of the bill from ING to my Wachovia checking account.

Then, I initiated an additional card payment from my Wachovia account, which CitiBank allowed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-939 Anonymous Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:15:50 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-939 I ran into the exact same problem as you with my first payment, but found out about it the day before my payment was do. Yikes! I called up citibank and told them about my situation (not unique by any means). After some arguing, they allowed me to do a one time pay-by-phone for free and I avoided the service charge. You might give this a try to see if they'll take it from ING. I ran into the exact same problem as you with my first payment, but found out about
it the day before my payment was do. Yikes! I called up citibank and told them
about my situation (not unique by any means). After some arguing, they allowed me
to do a one time pay-by-phone for free and I avoided the service charge. You might
give this a try to see if they’ll take it from ING.

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-938 fivecentnickel.com Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:52:41 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-938 I feel your pain. I've run into the same limitations. See <a href="http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/08/citibanks-click-to-pay-service/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/07/a-smallish-citi-gotcha/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Go ahead and make a payment of whatever amount just to unlock the click-to-pay. You may also want to the same thing on any other Citi cards that you may have as a pre-emptive strike on this problem. I feel your pain. I’ve run into the same limitations. See here and here.

Go ahead and make a payment of whatever amount just to unlock the click-to-pay. You may also want to the same thing on any other Citi cards that you may have as a pre-emptive strike on this problem.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/09/21/citibank-strikes-again/#comment-937 Anonymous Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:03:06 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=518#comment-937 I ran into the exact same problem as you with my first payment, but found out about it the day before my payment was do. Yikes! I called up citibank and told them about my situation (not unique by any means). After some arguing, they allowed me to do a one time pay-by-phone for free and I avoided the service charge. You might give this a try to see if they'll take it from ING. I ran into the exact same problem as you with my first payment, but found out about it the day before my payment was do. Yikes! I called up citibank and told them about my situation (not unique by any means). After some arguing, they allowed me to do a one time pay-by-phone for free and I avoided the service charge. You might give this a try to see if they’ll take it from ING.

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