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  <title>Comments for This WaMu Sign Is Incredibly Accurate</title>
  <subtitle>Shoppers bite back.</subtitle>
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    <published>2008-09-29T17:37:29Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-01T21:31:57Z</updated>
    <title>This WaMu Sign Is Incredibly Accurate</title>
    <summary>I&apos;m currently a Chase customer, but my brother is WaMu. As he was walking down the street in Brooklyn the other night, he managed to catch this picture.</summary>
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      <name>Chris Walters</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<p><!--<img src="http://consumerist.com/images/31/2008/09/092908-002-was158.jpg" width="158" height="158" class="left" />-->Mark writes:<br />
<blockquote>I'm currently a Chase customer, but my brother is WaMu. As he was walking down the street in Brooklyn the other night, he managed to catch this picture.</p></blockquote>
<p>That's one smart sign.</p>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8061353</id>
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    <title>Comment from PhilipNipperkin on 2008-09-30</title>
    <author>
        <name>PhilipNipperkin</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I'm sad to see WAMU go, as they generally treated me well as a customer. Plus their ad department had a sense of humor; they ran an ad in today's (2008/09/30) Oregonian which said "We love Chase. And not just because they have a trillion dollars."</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-10-01T03:02:05Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8041123</id>
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    <title>Comment from Bearded Rapper on 2008-09-30</title>
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        <name>Bearded Rapper</name>
        <uri>http://cieionline.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I'm already a Chase user, but I honestly thing that Chase will probably improve WaMu. The bailout is bad enough, so I hope that private companies won't buy out companies as piss us off, creating a cartel or something</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-30T05:22:22Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8037687</id>
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    <title>Comment from SalmaDamrit on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>SalmaDamrit</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Not as funny but I've seen SEARS turn into SCARS and DENNY'S turn into DENY</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-30T02:29:20Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8034688</id>
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    <title>Comment from catastrophe on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>catastrophe</name>
        <uri>http://kristophrenia.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8027164" rel="nofollow">summerbee</a>: Yep, Williamsport.  The Internet is such a small world.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-30T00:49:14Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8027802</id>
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    <title>Comment from gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|* on 2008-09-29</title>
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        <name>gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|*</name>
        <uri>n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8027609" rel="nofollow">Gstein</a>: er, apparentlyi have no clue how to embed an image at consumerist.<br />
<a href="http://bitcast-a.v1.iad1.bitgravity.com/collegehumor/ch6/6/1/collegehumor.1048dbf68f44b4da3644d5617ea413bc.jpeg" rel="nofollow">[bitcast-a.v1.iad1.bitgravity.com]</a></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T20:53:10Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8027609</id>
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    <title>Comment from gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|* on 2008-09-29</title>
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        <name>gStein_*|bringing starpipe back|*</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8027164" rel="nofollow">summerbee</a>:</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T20:44:39Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8027298</id>
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    <title>Comment from azntg on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>azntg</name>
        <uri>n/a</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I already miss WaMu. WaMu gave me my very first checking, savings and credit card accounts. In my case, they've done no wrong to me (and I think they'll probably be the only major bank that'll leave with that distinction in my books)</p>
<p>I don't think Chase will do WaMu much justice.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T20:30:30Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8027164</id>
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    <title>Comment from summerbee on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>summerbee</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5056177/this-wamu-sign-is-incredibly-accurate#c8026991" rel="nofollow">catastrophe</a>: If we're talking Williamsport here, then it's the same one! I think it happened about three or four years ago. I wish I'd gotten around to taking a picture of it.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T20:24:33Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8026991</id>
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    <title>Comment from catastrophe on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>catastrophe</name>
        <uri>http://kristophrenia.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8024472" rel="nofollow">summerbee</a>: Omg, my husband tells that exact same story, and he's from central PA.</p>
<p>This sign, though, is one of those incredibly rare instances of appropriateness that blows your mind.</p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T20:16:07Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8026910</id>
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    <title>Comment from Preppy6917 on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Preppy6917</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8024620" rel="nofollow">cpt.snerd</a>:  I dunno....I think my favorite is the Wal-Mart photo (from my hometown) with the three huge crosses from the megachurch behind it.  It's locally known as "Six Flags Over Jesus"...</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T20:11:57Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8026807</id>
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    <title>Comment from MoogleLally on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>MoogleLally</name>
        <uri>http://www.textees.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I was preapproved for a WaMu credit card last week! It was AWESOME. 0% APR until March 2010, unlimited cash back savings... But the preapproval expired September 22nd... Sad. *sigh*</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T20:07:34Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8025737</id>
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    <title>Comment from Chols on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Chols</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I have a WaMu card now, I guess I'll have to accept my new Chase card. I knew I couldn't dodge all those pre-approved letters for long...</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T19:14:55Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8025260</id>
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    <title>Comment from Jevia on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Jevia</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I guess that credit card solicitation I got in the mail from Wamu on Saturday doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot now, eh?</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T18:50:22Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8025010</id>
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    <title>Comment from ThatShortGuy on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>ThatShortGuy</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>The bank carousel keeps spinning, as Citigroup has purchased Wachovia...Wachovia's stocks are down to $.91 after pre-market trading:</p><br />
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_bi_ge/wachovia_citigroup" rel="nofollow">Article via Yahoo.</a></p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T18:35:59Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8024992</id>
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    <title>Comment from Verucalise(countingcalories) on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Verucalise(countingcalories)</name>
        <uri>http://www.geocities.com/verucalyse</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5056177/this-wamu-sign-is-incredibly-accurate#c8024620" rel="nofollow">Rectilinear Propagation</a>: What future WaMu posts? WaMu is no more! WOO HOO!</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T18:34:59Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8024910</id>
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    <title>Comment from springboks on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>springboks</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I once saw an ANCHOR BANK sign that read "HOR BANK." Not as funny or as fitting as this WAMU sign.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T18:28:46Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8024724</id>
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    <title>Comment from jusooho on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>jusooho</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I get it, cause WAS is past tense and also, WaMu is now gone ("past tense")</p><br />
<p>hahaha</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T18:14:45Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from cpt.snerd on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>cpt.snerd</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c8024557" rel="nofollow">Rectilinear Propagation</a>: Haha, I would...  Fitting picture falls into the consumerist lap - can't get awesomer than that!  =D</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T18:04:30Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8024557</id>
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    <title>Comment from Rectilinear Propagation on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Rectilinear Propagation</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Y'all are gonna use that photo for any future WaMu posts, aren't you?</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2008-09-29T17:57:59Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2008://1.5056177-comment:8024472</id>
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    <title>Comment from summerbee on 2008-09-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>summerbee</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>Once, I saw a BIG LOTS sign with the "L" burnt out. "BIGOTS" stared off into the central Pennsylvania night.</p><br />
<p>This is much better, though.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2008-09-29T17:46:54Z</published>
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