BEAT: TIAA-CREF Sucks Donkey Balls

[Borodog]

Beat: Called up TIAA-CREF to cash out an old retirement account from a job in 2004. Asked about vesting, they told me no problem. This was August 14th. Found out yesterday that I wouldn't be fully vested until late 2009. They went ahead and cashed me out without telling me this, costing me 4 grand. Also, since they've taken 3 [censored] months to get around to figuring out their asses from their elbows, they've cost me another ~$700 in gold appreciation (which is where I'm moving the money into). [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored].

[johnnylovescandy]

I think with most large companies it's standard 5 years until fully vested. Sounds like you should've skipped the retirement acct. altogether and just purchased gold to begin with back in 2004.

[Georgia Avenue]

why is the first part the letters and the last part said like a word? What is a creff? NOTHING.

Supertilt.

[Borodog]

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I think with most large companies it's standard 5 years until fully vested. Sounds like you should've skipped the retirement acct. altogether and just purchased gold to begin with back in 2004.

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Not an option, but yeah, that would've been awesome.

I worked there for a full year ('03-'04), meaning that I should have been fully vested. However, I found out the university did not apply for my TIAA-CREF account until February '04, meaning that I was subject to the 5 year vestment rules.

[Borodog]

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why is the first part the letters and the last part said like a word? What is a creff? NOTHING.

Supertilt.

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I always pronounced both like words, like a name: Tia Cref. Now I will pronounce it "[censored] a-holes."

[4_2_it]

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they've cost me another ~$700 in gold appreciation (which is where I'm moving the money into). [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored].

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My dad moved most of his IRA into gold about 18 months ago......Of course, I did not follow suit [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Borodog]

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they've cost me another ~$700 in gold appreciation (which is where I'm moving the money into). [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored].

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My dad moved most of his IRA into gold about 18 months ago......Of course, I did not follow suit [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Maybe you can move back in with dad when the crash comes and you are pennyless and he is bathing in jacuzzis full of dubloons.

[PITTM]

I always said TEE-AYE-AY-AY Creffffff.

[stazbornak2]

cref sounds like a really potent weed