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May 23, 2007
Keep your money in your mattress
Hey All,
Sorry for the delay in posts, I was in California. You'd think this post would be all about my trip: detailing how surreal it is to see a friend from high school get married. Maybe I would add a few paragraphs on how proud I was to see him and his new bride. Maybe I would have written all that and more. There might have been a picture, but all these wondrous events have taken a backseat to the travesty that occured the last time I checked my bank account. The people that I trust to save my money for me, have decided to relieve me of a substantial sum.
I checked my balance when I was in Vegas, about to buy this purse when the nice automated account balance checker let me know I had no money. None.
$0.00.
Turns out those money hording people decided they needed to ignore my request to take money out of my account next month, and take it out this month instead.
Remember that wedding I was telling you about, the one in California? That wedding required plane travel for 2, a rental car, a hotel room, a wedding present and food. That pretty much cleared out savings.
I spent the majority of the day on the phone with said institution who, in their defense, worked their asses of to get me my money back as quickly as possible.
You know when you hear that your "phone call will be recorded" - sometimes, that comes in very, VERY handy. After they played back my initial phone call, they realized they were in the wrong and my money will be back in my account tomorrow.
Runners up on my shit list:
Chinese School
Verizon
Best Buy
Cingular
Blockbuster
and of course
WalMart.
Posted by lysa at May 23, 2007 4:55 PM
Comments
Those bastards!!! They should have to pay for the embarrassment you faced at the store. That's just WRONG.
Posted by: Scottie at May 23, 2007 8:51 PM
There is a slightly happy ending (huhuhuh) to this story, she bought the bag anyway. And it looks Fab-u-lous.
Also, i believe Microsoft is on her shitlist.
Posted by: booboo at May 24, 2007 3:18 PM
Did booboo just say "fabulous"? Dude, lay off the Queer Eye reruns!!!
P.S. This is why I use my credit cards for all purchases and then pay them off each month...there is little chance for my checking account to get f'ed with.
Posted by: Scottie at May 25, 2007 8:52 AM
Zero point zero?!?! That's just NOT cool! =O!!! Why didn't you tell us??
Posted by: Kbee at May 29, 2007 5:35 PM