James: The thing about fees is that they seem insignificant until you put them all together. Our Editorial Assistant has been losing $135 every year to account fees and has nothing to show for it – if those fees were nixed, James could have had a monthly food date at Miss Kay’s for the same amount. Spending $11 a month sounds a lot sweeter when it’s on buns, not the bank.
Emily: Turns out our Senior Digital Account Manager is getting stung up to $100 annually for pretty much nothing – damn you, account fees! We asked her what she would spend a crisp hundred on and she requested steak, so why not go for the best steak money can buy? Moo Moo the Wine Bar + Grill happens to have a Macquarie Downs full-blood wagyu on the menu that goes for $95, which is a far more satisfying spend.
Chrisanthi: When we quizzed our Managing Editor, she discovered that she was losing around $120 a year to account keeping fees. There are some seriously rad concerts happening in Brisbane soon that this hard-earned money could go towards. Chrisanthi could be listening to the honeyed tones of The Weeknd, reliving the golden age of true bangers at RNB Fridays Live or even getting groovy at the latest disco-packed instalment of A Day on the Green, with tickets to these shows averaging out to be around the mark of what she’s paid to the bank.
Tia: For many people, the word ‘degustation’ is something associated with the high life. For our Creative Director, a degustation is something that would be totally achievable if she switched banks. Tia cops $150 a year in sneaky account fees, which is pretty sucky when she could be spending that money at the award-winning GOMA Restaurant on a five-course tasting menu with wines to match.
Liz: Poor, sweet Liz – our Digital Account Manager got the most raw deal out of all of us, finding out she paid a whopping $240 in account fees for a year. Truly rough. After that stressful discovery she could probably use a little holiday, which would be utterly achievable if she ditched her current bank for one that didn’t play her so hard. For example, she could live it up with a night or two at The Johnson Art Series hotel for the same cost – probably time to move on to greener pastures.
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