Comments on: Undercover Banker Reconnaissance

By: Christian Rambler

Christian Rambler — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:29:48 +0000

Hey there, some hilarious, and some scary things on your videos- wow!!

By: Kenneth Conte

Kenneth Conte — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:43:10 +0000

Great Stuff! Typical of the banking community!

By: Greg Sausaman

Greg Sausaman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:09:38 +0000

This was great. I got a good laugh out of the 4 videos. Have people forgotten how to speak or something?

By: Richard Reyes

Richard Reyes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:27:12 +0000

Unbelievable. Awesome video.

By: Kevin Kowalke

Kevin Kowalke — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:49:16 +0000

Nice hidden camera videos by the way. Creative way to get out the message.

By: Dave Tong

Dave Tong — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:17:59 +0000

Good job Chris!
I wish someone from the SBA would step up and have a “Town Hall” meeting with small businesses.

By: Florida Leisure Vacation Homes

Florida Leisure Vacation Homes — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:57:58 +0000

Good work Chris. I'd rather have a root canal, go bungee jumping or even fishing rather than have to deal with these people.

By: Ray Watson

Ray Watson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:31:47 +0000

Chris, I enjoyed looking at the clips. Pretty pathetic. Sounds like no one knows what they are talking about. I think you need to get above the branch to getting any sort of accurate information.

By: Julius

Julius — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:51:52 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up on the banking industry

By: Dan Comeau

Dan Comeau — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:50:21 +0000

Chris, good job, keep up the good work. thanks dan

By: Roger Fung

Roger Fung — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:36:35 +0000

I think the videos clear show their incompetence. I suggest that you have a “the real deal” video to clearly state what"s real (like you suggested below). At the end of each of the four clips should go to the “real deal” video, because some people will not need all 4 clips to be convinced. Hope this helps.

By: Ron Paul

Ron Paul — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:34:56 +0000

Well done.

Yes I think the what was said versus what should have been said would be of interest.

By: Doug Boadway

Doug Boadway — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:22:39 +0000

We should get some sort of a message out to small business owners: “bankers are not financial experts” “bankers are not looking out for your best interests” “bankers are not business people”. It saddens me when I think of what the banks have turn into these days.

I"m working with a start up company and I couldn"t use 2 of my usual bankers because they are not interested in start ups. I said to him, were going to be depositing $1MM into the bank, but we"ll be looking for some support in the way of commercial financing down the road. They told me they couldn"t bring on start up business because the regulators force them to classify a start at a higher risk level so they don"t like that type of business. The mind set of our government is too always over react, lets tighten things so much that no one every makes a bad loan, the best way to do that is to not make loans.

Small business owners should spend a few dollars and a few hours talking to people like myself: a former CFO who understand all aspects of commercial financing. There"s a lot of guys like me out there, it"s worth the time and effort for the business owners.

Keep up the good work.

By: Ladd McGowan

Ladd McGowan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:08:50 +0000

WAY TO GO CHRIS; ITS ABOUT TIME SOME ONE PUT THE BITE ON THESE INEPT BANKERS….AND LAZY BANKERS…..REGARDS, AND YEH!

By: Mike Giles

Mike Giles — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:13:13 +0000

Hey Chris.
Great job, both on your latest Fox Business interview and the expose videos.
The "Ordinary Bankers" were Entertaining and Ugly at the same time. I felt embarassed for those people and their banks and I'm 1,300 miles away! No customer service.
(How about some basic listening skills? Simple courtesy? They continually spoke over your questions and responses).
And Zero product knowledge, only nonsensical babbling and double-talk. Banker #1 was especially painful. It was clear that she had no idea of the difference between a residential condo and a commercial condo. It sounded like she thought you were going buy a 2 bedroom unit or something and set your business up in there.
Although I would not envision any of my clients (business owners and executives) just walking into a branch to get information, it's still nearly inconceivable that in the year two thousand plus, business is being practiced in that manner. Shameful!
One thing I did miss in clip #'s 3 & 4, was your quick but enjoyable post mortem, outside after leaving the bank (that you did at the end of clip #'s 1 & 2).
And you should definitely set the record straight by correcting the misinformation those "bankers" garbled to you.
Keep up the great work. Thanks
Mike

By: Tim Potter

Tim Potter — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:32:30 +0000

I watched them and was not surprised. In my commercial banking career I have dozens of examples of business owners coming in for lending questions and they had been to another financial institution prior to their visit with me. Their comments were usually along the lines of, "why didn't my banker tell me that?"

Good work.

By: Charles Forster

Charles Forster — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:31:36 +0000

I watched these videos when you sent them earlier, and I found them saddening but funny. Very good marketing pieces as well, and I think you should MOST DEFINITELY post rebuttals and a video on what they should have said. I think that would really push the point home that you guys know what you're doing much better than those banks seem to.

Just my two cents.

By: Hector Garcia

Hector Garcia — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:29:22 +0000

This is great I will show it to our customers that go to banks because they have the standard (SBA Preferred Lender) plastered allover their doors and walls the consumers think these guys have all of the answers and the truth is they do not have the slightest idea. Keep up the good work and I will forward some SBA loans to you in the near future.

By: Larry Frank

Larry Frank — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:28:56 +0000

Hey Chris! I guess this proves what a real estate guru for residental and commercial property has been teaching for the last 20 years,there`s no intelligent life form at the banks! Except MCC of course. Good Job!! Those of you who do real estate know who i`am talking about.

By: Howard Levine

Howard Levine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:25:36 +0000

It"s what we see every day. Sad!