I have a checking account with TCF Bank. On Monday XXXX XXXX, the balance in the account was {$51.00}, purchases were made at XXXX XXXX for {$12.00}, XXXX XXXX for {$11.00}, XXXX XXXX for {$3.00}, and ( local grocer ) for {$7.00}. I checked my balance online the morning of Tuesday, XXXX XXXX, and saw that the XXXX transactions had posted to his account and funds had been withdrawn, and the remaining balance was {$16.00}, then he went to ( local grocer ) and purchased some groceries for a total of {$32.00}. I realized that this transaction was going to cause an overdraft ( for which he has protection ) and he decided to make the purchase anyway, knowing he would be assessed an overdraft fee of {$37.00}. When payday came on XXXX XXXX, he got online in the evening to check the deposit and found that the balance was much less than he had calculated. TCF had charged him a total of XXXX overdraft fees at {$37.00} each, XXXX of which were assessed on XXXX XXXX and a fourth fee was assessed on XXXX XXXX. We ( my wifeand I ) called the bank this morning ( Saturday, XXXX XXXX ) to notify them of the discrepancy. XXXX customer service reps and XXXX Lead Customer service Reps explained to us that the fees were assessed on the previous XXXX transactions because they were not actually posted, but pending, on XX/XX/XXXX and the bank posted them on XX/XX/XXXX along with the XXXX transaction. They blamed this on the merchants stating that TCF can not control when the merchant will make the demand for payment. TCF is using this process of " pending '' transactions to assess more fees to the customer, and then blaming the merchants when there is a complaint. We plan to close our account with TCF as soon as the payroll deposit cam be changed, but other customers need to be aware of this fraudulent practice, and merchants need to be made aware that TCF is blaming them. If TCF were the only bank we do business with, we would fall for this scam, however, we also bank with a local small-town bank and a bank much larger than TCF and we know that this practice is not " an industry standard '' as TCF representatives claim it to be. In the end, the TCF lead rep agreed to take off {$15.00} and then agreed to remove XXXX of the XXXX overdraft fees. To avoid this happening in the future, they offered that we could apply for a line of credit or open another savings account and link them, that way we would only be charged {$10.00} for each transaction. They still owe us {$74.00} which we seem to have no recourse for but to take them to court which would cost us more. This is criminal and they are getting away with it. 
