I have had my bank account since I was in high school. At the time of opening the account with Bank of America there was no need to order checks as there was a limited amount of transaction being conducted. 
I now found myself in need of checks as I was asked to pay my rent and deposit using that form of payment. I went into the Bank of America branch in XXXX, Ca and asked to order checks and to get a couple temporary checks so I could pay my new landlord. I was told by the teller that new checks are only issued for new accounts and they would be happy to sell me a cashiers check for {$10.00}. I was told that no exception would be made even though I have never had checks before. I feel that this practice is unfair. The bank clearly has the ability to issue a temp. check they just refused to do so in order to charge me XXXX for a cashiers check. Bank of America is holding my money hostage unless I was willing to pay a fee. 
