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Goodbye, Commerce Bancorp: Vernon Hill Mourns the End of an Era

WOW!!

Vernon Hill takes a tiny corner bank and turns it into a $50 Billion Dollar Monster and you jokers still insist on kicking him!

Every school child knows the names of Ford and Edison. They wer innovative geniuses who revolutionized America.

But they were living in the golden age of industrialization, when men like Frank Woolworth and John Cash Penny could become enormously wealthy building retail store chains. When HJ Heinz could create a food giant with ketchup and wise distribution. When men who marketed products across the nation became hugely wealthy.

Today in in the 21st century, you hardly hear of entrepreneurial success stories that don't involve the computer industry.
You rarely see success in the brick-and-mortar world.

So when someone takes on the mundane banking experience and energizes it with stylish store-fronts, extended hours, and little niceties such as dog dishes, and of course, the 10 cent free pens (as many as you want).

Well....IT REVOLUTIONARY!!!!

The nation should be grateful to Vernon and his family for breaking down the 9-3 banking tyranny of CITI and Chase. Mr. Hill's name should be hailed in classrooms as a modern day hero just like Ford and Edison in their day.

I retell his remarkable story as often as I can because it's so amazing. Anyone who criticizes his family for their involvement has no concept of what other institutions are paying for similar services that they rendered to the super success of this bank.

Remember your marketing class and you can fully appreciate the magic of the 10 cent pen. You must admire this man for this remarkable achievement.

I have four accounts at Commerce, and, although the account features are similar to other banks, it's still a unique and pleasurable experience to enter the bank.

Oh yea... I still take a free pen home each and every time.