Share Your Money Story!
The idea of this blog is to help kids find solutions to their money problems.
If you feel you’ve been treated unfairly by a bank, store or other institution write about it here in the comment section below. Please ask an adult before posting to make sure there is no private information shared.
Do not leave any private information whatsoever… like your phone number or address… it’s for your own safety.
I will respond as often as I can. If you think you can help with someone’s problem that you read about here… please go ahead and comment!
It’s about kids helping kids solve money problems.
Here’s a link to watch my story “closed account” that appeared on CTV News
Alternatively you can read about the full story on my blog…
Click here to read about my money problem story that I had with TD Canada Trust Bank. It’s a cool little story about how I took on one of Canada’s largest banks and won!
Adrian Tobey
Hey Adrian,
Best of luck with your blog and making a change.
Cheers,
Mukul
This past Christmas my sister had a problem with money (it WAS solved).
For Christmas we each recieved a 100$ gift card from our grandparents. I got 100$ for LEGO and my sister got 100$ for TOYS R US. We all agreed that we would NOT go to the store so we ordered online. My order went through perfectly and arrived a week later but my sister’s did NOT go so well. See, she apparently ordered something that they didn’t have in-stock and they sent an email telling us. We figured, what the heck we can just order something else, but TOYS R US did not. The thing was like 30$ and when we clicked the “order” button, it didn’t go through. See, APPARENTLEY the card was already used up because we had already ordered the other thing even though it wasn’t in-stock. We phoned several times but we kept getting either the machine or some idiot new employee. Eventually the manager picked up and the order went through (after about 4 hours total on the phone) and they gave us free D-LUXE shipping.
Duncan, nice story… thanks for it. I’m glad you were able to solve the issue… Adrian
Hey, how can you make money, if you dont get alouance? And we all miss you, ttyl
i miss u so much i dont have a money problem but i just wanted to say i miss you ALOT!!!!!!!!
Hey adrian, did you hear about melissa new friend??? His name is adrian also. Anyways he’s exactly like you… He likes art, his dad plays piano, he likes melissa and aparently coming from melissa: he’s cute and goes to judo once every two months. Oh…. And one more thing,
and he is sos sos so so so real!!!!! NOT.
the class says: krysyn I used to need money all the time, but now I get a job to pay for my expenses. SO YAH
abigail: We are all bad girls we should be doing work but who cares we have a supply teacher and i just wanted to say how much we miss having u around with your chessy but funny at the same time jokes. So ya we all miss u and hope u are liking your new school and house. And i hope u got some new friends (but probally not as nice funny awesome and cool as us)and hope u like Toronto!!!:D
Kylie: Tanner was the only person who said not, but he’s real
hey thanks for the call. There’s lots of ways you can make money without an alowance. for one you could help out your parents and ask for a little pay at a time deppending on what you did, or you sneek out you dad’s wallet. Just kidding.
Your on the news!
Your on news!
Adrian–good luck with the banks. Not only should they not take kids’ money, but they should not be allowed to take ANYONE’S money. Neither should they be allowed to charge fees that are greater than the interest someone makes. What’s the point of putting your money in the bank for a long period of time if you are going to come out with less. I mean, I put my money in and the bank uses it to make money for themselves and I have to pay them for the privilege????
If I didn’t HAVE to use a bank, I wouldn’t. I hope you make the banks take notice and make some changes for the regular people of the world! Good Luck!!
Hey Adrian!
When I saw your story on the news, I felt so bad. Since I work for a bank too, my first thought was “A youth account shouldn’t HAVE bank fees (since ours don’t) and shouldn’t just be closed!”, I don’t work for TD, so I don’t know their rules, but I was still outraged!
Anyway, I saw that they plan on boosting your savings up $500! At least there are some good news! Good for you for bringing this up and speaking up for yourself!
Keep playing that violin, too, you’re sounding great!
-Eriisuchan
Just a reminder to all of you children who have bank accounts. Check the account and be sure it is appropriate for you. Most banks offer youth accounts with zero banking fees, and pay interest. It would have been a good idea for your parents to check this before signing the documents. And you can check too, ask your parents to sign up for online banking and you will see the transactions that go through each month. Remember, your money is your responsibity.
Hi Adrian,
I thought I would share my story with you after watching your segment on CTV just to show you that TD Canada Trust is lying. It was no mistake. They are only claiming it was a mistake because you went public!
I opened a “no fee youth account” for my daughter when she was 1 year old. When she was 3, we received a letter addressed to her advising that she had not used her account in 12 months and they were going to apply a “dormant” fee of $38.00. I went to the branch and I got very angry with them saying “How often do you people suppose a 3 year old needs to use her account”. They tried to tell me it was a mistake. I said “How can you claim that, when I opened the account you asked for her birth certificate, you know she is only 3 years old!” Anyway, I closed my daughter’s account at TD Canada Trust and I closed my own accounts. We now bank at BMO without problems!
That’s a great idea! Thanks for the tip on BMO. I’m wondering what is the best bank for kids? BMO sounds good. Why is there
no such thing as a kids bank? I guess banks can’t do business with kids. My mom says it has to do with
the Bank of Canada rules.
Yes, they offered $500.00! I’m grateful. I wonder if it will earn interest:-) LOL
Hey Kylie, I make money selling old stuff that i don’t find useful anymore. Anyone need tap dancing shoes, size 1? LOL
Adrian
Melissa, thanks for taking the time to write!
A
Hi Duncan,
4 Hours on the phone is a really long time. Toys R US Rocks for fixing your problem!
A
Good Job on the news tonight, i think u should be a news reporter, u looked provessional lol
Adrian! Congrats! Pat Foran and yourself did an outstanding job. Love the Pirates of the Carribean tune and humour. Keep up the great work! You’ve been getting tons of views, lots of emails, tons of calls about the fact that you are helping lots of other kids. You’re awesome!
Your Mom,
Nancy
I’m 25 years old, and this very same thing happened to me when I was around 10 or 11 years old. I opened an account with $20 at CIBC and about a year later I received a letter informing me that, not only had my account been closed, but now I owed them $5! I didn’t open another bank account until I was 18, and since I lost my money at CIBC, I decided to open an account with a different bank.
I’m glad to see you’re raising this issue because who knows how often this happens! Kids’ money really should be off-limits to bank fees. I wish I could get my $20 + 15 years interest back!
Why did the bank take your money?
hey tobey
Adrian! I just saw the CTV report – well done!
Montana, nice to hear from you. The bank took the money because I hadn’t used the account in a few years and they called it “dormant” and closed the account. They are not supposed to do that to “no fee” youth accounts. Hope to see you again soon, Adrian
Tobey, go on the news again and give us more advice
Hi, Adrian. Nice website.
hey sheldon/GABRIEL. I might go back on the news to do a follow up segment like they ussually do.
A
hey EVERYONE. guess what. it is “SWEET SWEET VICTORY YEAH” i got my $500 and my $8.47 back to and a reopened account with 0 acess fees and no fees of any Kind. and thats what you call “SWEET SWEET VICTORY YEAH” PEACE. so you all get your money back, if ya lost any and do the same as me and receive a “SWEET SWEET VICTORY YEAH”
A
Your gonna do a follow up?! Cool! You should add the “SWEET SWEET VICTORY YEAH” part in.
adrian, i know how you feel both my girls had all their money dissappear with the CIBC. Can you get $500 for them too? Denis
Congratulations on your “SWEET SWEET VICTORY YEAH”
YEAH
so when is the follow-up?
Hey Adrian;
Félicitations! C’est une grande victoire pour toi!
Tu nous manques beaucoup.
Meilleurs voeux,
Mme Smith, École Dufferin
hey a we just finished a really cool unit in english it was called money in your life
hope to see you soon
oh and mme smith foud out about us writing to u insted of doing shcool work soooo yeah ttyl @};-
miss u sooo much a (_: