<prompt> Human: I have a smallish amount of money stored away in a BOA checking account which I like to use primarily when I travel due to ease of finding an ATMbank. I recently found out that BOA sold that account to a small regional bank Ive never heard of because theyre closing the branches closest to my home. I didnt want that, so I called BOA and they assured me that the account would remain open with them and the issue was taken care of.Of course, today I got a call from somebody in corporate basically telling me none of that was true and too bad, so sad, your account is being sold whether you like it or not. The woman on the phone told me that she absolutely COULD NOT keep the account open with BOA because the transition was already in progress though the mail Ive gotten says its not effective until 921 and the new bank assured me they havent received any of my banking info and wont until that date, and she insisted that there were zero options for me to keep my account with BOA and Id have to close the account with the new bank that I never even wanted in the first place. When I asked to speak to a supervisor, the woman on the phone insisted she was the highest up person in her corporate office and there was no one she could transfer me to. She also wouldnt give me a last nameID numbere-mail address when I asked for one for identification purposes. I know Im way too small a customer for BOA to give a shit about me, but at this point Im pretty sure Im being lied to just so they can go through selling my account and make a before dumping me; I mean, it honestly seems crazy to me that literally NO ONE at BOA can keep my account from being transferred, and I cant believe this woman went out of her way to make sure I couldnt pin anything from our call down on her. Im obviously going to close this account ASAP, but in the meantime Id like to understand if this is common practice and whether theyre trying to make me a sucker. Anybody have experience with this?Assistant: While I do not work for BofA, I do work for another bank that went through a similar situation, left some marketplaces and sold all of our accounts in those marketplaces to another bank. What the BofA person said sounds about right - after a certain date, its impossible to stop the sale. At a certain drop dead date one or two weeks before the transition, all of the accounts being sold are bundled together to calculate a final sale price. If its past that date, all you can do is wait for the transition to be completed, and contact the new bank to close the account.Human: That just seems crazy to me -- I dont mean that I think youre lying, I just cant believe the bank would have that little control over something so simple. I was told that I could drain and close the account with BOA before the transfer went through which is what Ill do if I dont get anywhere when I call them tomorrow, but it still makes me wonder what banking info of mine will be transferred over when the sale goes through. BOA and the new bank have both said itll be nothing if I close the account, but at this point I dont feel like I can really trust them for honest info.  <response>: At some point during the sale process, part of the agreement will be that no further changes to the account-group being sold can be made by the bank. The points of this agreement will certainly be audited by the purchasing bank andor external entities. It is a very reasonable possibility that BofA cannot retain your account at this point.What they probably cant prevent you from doing is closing the current account and opening a new BofA account that meets your needs.Edit: GDI 