Comments for Smart Banking Tips http://smartbankingtips.com by Western Community Bank Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Adding Value to Your Home by Adam Weight http://smartbankingtips.com/adding-value-to-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Adam Weight Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:01:38 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=694#comment-75 I certainly don't want to add to your honey-do list. If your wife does see the post and adds to your list, hopefully the information here will help you better manage the project(s) and avoid unreasonable debt. Thanks for the comments. I certainly don’t want to add to your honey-do list. If your wife does see the post and adds to your list, hopefully the information here will help you better manage the project(s) and avoid unreasonable debt. Thanks for the comments.

]]> Comment on Adding Value to Your Home by Jack Hadley http://smartbankingtips.com/adding-value-to-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Jack Hadley Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:07:30 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=694#comment-74 Thanks for the tips, Adam. But I can’t let my wife see your post or I’m going to end up with another big honey-do list. Point well taken about the danger of borrowing money to do these things—that is, IF the goal is to increase value. Thanks for the tips, Adam. But I can’t let my wife see your post or I’m going to end up with another big honey-do list. Point well taken about the danger of borrowing money to do these things—that is, IF the goal is to increase value.

]]> Comment on “Consumer debt is not your friend” by Adam Weight http://smartbankingtips.com/consumer-debt-is-not-your-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Adam Weight Fri, 14 May 2010 15:30:08 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=686#comment-67 Thanks for your continued support and interest in Smart Banking Tips, Jack. I agree with your comments. When more and more banks realize that there is a responsibility--even a need--to be more transparent and helpful to the people and communities they serve, the change will be meaningful and important because it will be dictated by poeple, not politicians. And Seth's advice on properly approaching debt is dead on--even if it runs contrary to what you would expect a bank/banker to say about lending and debt. Thanks for your continued support and interest in Smart Banking Tips, Jack. I agree with your comments. When more and more banks realize that there is a responsibility–even a need–to be more transparent and helpful to the people and communities they serve, the change will be meaningful and important because it will be dictated by poeple, not politicians.

And Seth’s advice on properly approaching debt is dead on–even if it runs contrary to what you would expect a bank/banker to say about lending and debt.

]]> Comment on “Consumer debt is not your friend” by Jack Hadley http://smartbankingtips.com/consumer-debt-is-not-your-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jack Hadley Fri, 14 May 2010 13:21:02 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=686#comment-66 Thanks, Adam, for putting this in your blog. I read the Seth post and also thought it was SO useful. If all banks could become a resource for smart tips in the same way you’re working to do that... banking would change. And it would start “modeling the change it wants to be”. Thanks, Adam, for putting this in your blog. I read the Seth post and also thought it was SO useful. If all banks could become a resource for smart tips in the same way you’re working to do that… banking would change. And it would start “modeling the change it wants to be”.

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]]> Comment on Is Banking Just a Chore? by Julie http://smartbankingtips.com/is-banking-just-a-chore/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Julie Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:03:21 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=667#comment-60 The Bank I go to here in town gives little suckers to my kids if you ask for them. I'd rather they notice I have kids in the car and offer them. If we drive away and I didn't ask, my kids get upset, but sometimes I don't want to ask. Because I am a Mom anywhere I go that notices and engages with my children is a wonderful place to be. For example I took my kids to dinner last night and the waiter was wonderful. He even showed my kids a magic trick. It made being at dinner with 4 children delightful. My point is that people should take more of an active interest in you. If you are treated like a person they are happy to see it won't be a chore to go there. If you are treated like someone they HAVE to help it becomes a chore. Customer service is dying in this country and it is a very sad thing to see. Is it too much to take interest in the people you are helping, whatever their situation? The Bank I go to here in town gives little suckers to my kids if you ask for them. I’d rather they notice I have kids in the car and offer them. If we drive away and I didn’t ask, my kids get upset, but sometimes I don’t want to ask. Because I am a Mom anywhere I go that notices and engages with my children is a wonderful place to be. For example I took my kids to dinner last night and the waiter was wonderful. He even showed my kids a magic trick. It made being at dinner with 4 children delightful.

My point is that people should take more of an active interest in you. If you are treated like a person they are happy to see it won’t be a chore to go there. If you are treated like someone they HAVE to help it becomes a chore. Customer service is dying in this country and it is a very sad thing to see. Is it too much to take interest in the people you are helping, whatever their situation?

]]> Comment on The Myth of the Deaf Banker by Adam Weight http://smartbankingtips.com/the-myth-of-the-deaf-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Adam Weight Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:01:04 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=657#comment-58 Great comments. Thanks for the positive feedback. Is there a service or product not currently available that you would like to see us offer or do you have any suggestions for a way to improve an existing offering? Great comments. Thanks for the positive feedback. Is there a service or product not currently available that you would like to see us offer or do you have any suggestions for a way to improve an existing offering?

]]> Comment on The Myth of the Deaf Banker by Kevin Staley http://smartbankingtips.com/the-myth-of-the-deaf-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kevin Staley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:00:38 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=657#comment-56 Coming from a small town, I remember the bank that my family did business with all through growing up. In a town of only a couple of thousand people, everybody knew everybody. When you walked into a bank, it wasn't looked upon as called "customer service" when customer and employees exchanged hello's. It was a genuine, friendly interaction where conversation felt like one another knew each other on a personal level. That is exactly what Western Community Bank brings to the people that are associated with it. In a society in which banking is a commodity, and the line of distinction is thin between financial institutions, its great to see a bank that is concerned with its customer and bringing that "hometown feel" when you walk in the door. Coming from a small town, I remember the bank that my family did business with all through growing up. In a town of only a couple of thousand people, everybody knew everybody. When you walked into a bank, it wasn’t looked upon as called “customer service” when customer and employees exchanged hello’s. It was a genuine, friendly interaction where conversation felt like one another knew each other on a personal level. That is exactly what Western Community Bank brings to the people that are associated with it. In a society in which banking is a commodity, and the line of distinction is thin between financial institutions, its great to see a bank that is concerned with its customer and bringing that “hometown feel” when you walk in the door.

]]> Comment on The Myth of the Deaf Banker by JaNae Munden http://smartbankingtips.com/the-myth-of-the-deaf-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-55 JaNae Munden Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:40:55 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=657#comment-55 Western Community Bank is more than a large building with a name painted on the door. It is a place where people feel welcome, and can have their banking needs met. Inside the doors are people who are friendly and willing to help meet your financial needs. And, believe it or not, it is a place where you can still talk to a real person on the phone and not just an automated machine! Western Community Bank is more than a large building with a name painted on the door. It is a place where people feel welcome, and can have their banking needs met. Inside the doors are people who are friendly and willing to help meet your financial needs. And, believe it or not, it is a place where you can still talk to a real person on the phone and not just an automated machine!

]]> Comment on The Myth of the Deaf Banker by Jared Barrera http://smartbankingtips.com/the-myth-of-the-deaf-banker/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Jared Barrera Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:48:08 +0000 http://smartbankingtips.com/?p=657#comment-54 Probably the biggest thing that I enjoy with Western Community Bank is the small "Home Town" feeling associated with both the customers and the employees. It's like Cheers in the sense that "Everyone knows your name and their always glad you came." Knowing what I know about banking, every bank for the most part provides the same products but not every bank delivers that personal touch people enjoy from relationship banking. That's been my experience with Western Community Bank. Thanks for the posting Adam. Probably the biggest thing that I enjoy with Western Community Bank is the small “Home Town” feeling associated with both the customers and the employees. It’s like Cheers in the sense that “Everyone knows your name and their always glad you came.” Knowing what I know about banking, every bank for the most part provides the same products but not every bank delivers that personal touch people enjoy from relationship banking. That’s been my experience with Western Community Bank. Thanks for the posting Adam.

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