be careful with wire transfers
i got a large one from bodog about 2 months ago, went to withdraw some money last night to see a movie and the machine ate my card and the screen said account locked, go see a teller. since it was almost midnight had to wait til the morning.
so i went this morning when they opened at 7 and i spent 30 minutes sitting there getting interrogated by 5 different employees about the nature of the transaction. i've gotten a couple wires from sportsbooks, but it was obviously the bodog one because the amount they said matched up.
i just told them it was from consulting, eventually they freed the funds, but they said if I'm expecting any international wire transfers they will be held and investigated before clearing to my account. They said that the account that transferred me the money was involved in illegal money laundering. I think it helped that I have a lot of money invested with the bank and I had my home mortgage through them until I paid it off that they freed it and gave me my money. They also lost my card somehow so now i need to wait 2 weeks for a new one