Shinrei, on 20 April 2012 - 10:15 AM, said:
Admittedly, it was a convenience for me, but as far as customers go I wasn't making them any money so forcing someone like me out makes business sense I suppose. It's just not realistic for me to keep a lot of money in a US account, so that's not an option. The hardest part will be changing how I pay my US credit cards when I buy from Amazon US or whatever.
Switch to HSBC. They have branches all over the world and usually don't charge that fee.