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by Zelphyr 2694 days ago
In 2009/2010 my wife accidentally made a charge to PayPal that was linked with our Wells Fargo checking account. Since we weren’t planning on that charge happening from that account, there was an NSF fee and Wells rejected the charger. Understandable, right?

Except then PayPal made a few more attempts for god knows why and each time Wells Fargo kicked an NSF fee our way.

Now, PayPal shouldn’t have repeatedly attempted a rejected charge. But, Wells Fargo shouldn’t have allowed those attempts. They just couldn’t help themselves to that $35 NSF fee though.

We fought it to no avail. With all the NSF fees and interest (and fees they added to fees while we fought it), what started as a $300 transaction ultimately cost us over $1200.

Wells Fargo is now and was in 2009/2010 a criminal enterprise.