Client Review on Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union

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I was disappointed with the lack of professionalism at this institution. I was excited to get a credit union set up when I moved to Syracuse, but this place has a lot of growing to do before I would ever set something up with them. My experience was as followed:1) When I was setting up my account, I was not invited to sit anywhere. Instead, I had to stand at the teller throughout the rather lengthy process. Meanwhile all the other clients coming in were tied up since I was taking the time of one of two tellers. Every other institution I have opened an account with, has brought me to a semi private place to do this.2) They were going to charge me $10 for an ATM card. I have not even heard of this shenanigans from the big banks.3) I was going to be charged $3.00 a month for the pleasure of holding onto my money. Further, I was not told this until I had already made my account. Seems like something you would tell clients before they spent an hour standing at a window.4) I wrote a check for $500 but the teller put in $50 to my account. Seems like an honest mistake, but it was the cherry on top of the experience.I ultimately canceled my account that same day. I'm all for community development, but this place has a ways to go before I would ever use their services. They don't seem to be member focused as credit unions should be. I ended up opening an account with SEFCU which has been great so far.