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A Person
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:17 |
Vompatti wrote:
I had a long dream last night and forgot it.
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It was about a baboon growing wombat shaped mushrooms on a cloud in winter.
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Vompatti
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:25 |
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008
Location: New York
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:25 |
Get out of my head.
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Epignosis
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Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:28 |
My wife is to participate in an event on June 18 at the mall promoting and selling her cakes. We had to pay a fee to do this. The rep agreed to hold our check until after I got paid, as I told her that was the only way my wife could participate. All good.
Well, the check got deposited this morning. So our account fell into the red, and we got hit by a $35 overdraft fee to boot.

We've managed to get the fee waived and we borrowed some money to cover our account, but for f**k's sake I wish people would show some measure of competence and honor. The rep was genuinely sorry for this error, but had we not been able to borrow the funds to cover us (and get the fee waived), apologies would not have been good enough, because I wouldn't be able to use our bank account to pay bills (since any deposits I'll be making this upcoming week will go to satisfy the negative balance) and I won't be able to pay a bill, which would mean being disconnected from that service.
So how have everyone else's mornings been?
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The Truth
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Joined: April 19 2009
Location: Kansas
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:30 |
It's morning?
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:31 |
The Truth wrote:
It's morning? | Somewhere.
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A Person
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:32 |
Epignosis wrote:
My wife is to participate in an event on June 18 at the mall promoting and selling her cakes. We had to pay a fee to do this. The rep agreed to hold our check until after I got paid, as I told her that was the only way my wife could participate. All good.
Well, the check got deposited this morning. So our account fell into the red, and we got hit by a $35 overdraft fee to boot.

We've managed to get the fee waived and we borrowed some money to cover our account, but for f**k's sake I wish people would show some measure of competence and honor. The rep was genuinely sorry for this error, but had we not been able to borrow the funds to cover us (and get the fee waived), apologies would not have been good enough, because I wouldn't be able to use our bank account to pay bills (since any deposits I'll be making this upcoming week will go to satisfy the negative balance) and I won't be able to pay a bill, which would mean being disconnected from that service.
So how have everyone else's mornings been? |
That sucks, all I can complain about is waking up with neck pain/headache so far.
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The Truth
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Joined: April 19 2009
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:34 |
Epignosis wrote:
The Truth wrote:
It's morning? |
Somewhere.
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I mean, I still haven't woke up, I guess it is.
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008
Location: New York
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Points: 3595
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:35 |
Well I got my job back as a sales representative for XM Radio, no more unloading several-thousand piece trucks every day for Wal-Mart.
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harmonium.ro
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Joined: August 18 2008
Location: Anna Calvi
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:46 |
Epignosis wrote:
My wife is to participate in an event on June 18 at the mall promoting and selling her cakes. We had to pay a fee to do this. The rep agreed to hold our check until after I got paid, as I told her that was the only way my wife could participate. All good.
Well, the check got deposited this morning. So our account fell into the red, and we got hit by a $35 overdraft fee to boot.

We've managed to get the fee waived and we borrowed some money to cover our account, but for f**k's sake I wish people would show some measure of competence and honor. The rep was genuinely sorry for this error, but had we not been able to borrow the funds to cover us (and get the fee waived), apologies would not have been good enough, because I wouldn't be able to use our bank account to pay bills (since any deposits I'll be making this upcoming week will go to satisfy the negative balance) and I won't be able to pay a bill, which would mean being disconnected from that service.
So how have everyone else's mornings been?
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That remembers me a bit of how we tried to rent a car during our seaside holiday last year. We checked the website and in order to do a "pre-reservation" on it we were asked to enter out credit card info (just for identification purposes). Then we went to their quarters, where we didn't get the car in the end because of a mandatory bail (twice as big as the actual fee) that wasn't specified on the website. However, much to our surprise we noticed the next day that the fee had taken off our account nevertheless. Contrary to your story though, the person at the renting company wasn't sorry or embarassed, but when asked to return the money she said that they "don't do" such a thing, it's not "their procedure" to return money to client.  It took us trial threats to get them return the money (with a few euros missing) after a couple of months.  This almost ruined our holiday because they drained almost all our reserve, and we had to make sure each day that we have enough money to do the basic stuff (like paying the bus, getting food, etc.)
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Alitare
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Joined: March 08 2008
Location: New York
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 11:59 |
I'd have had the urge to physically assault them with rough-ended bricks.
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:05 |
f**king overdraft fees. $35 sounds familiar....you use PNC? 
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harmonium.ro
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Joined: August 18 2008
Location: Anna Calvi
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:28 |
John's trolling really gives me an uncanny feeling  (just like last times).
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JJLehto
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Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:29 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
John's trolling really gives me an uncanny feeling (just like last times).
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Where?
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator
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Joined: August 18 2008
Location: Anna Calvi
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:33 |
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rushfan4
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Location: Michigan, U.S.
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:56 |
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rushfan4
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Joined: May 22 2007
Location: Michigan, U.S.
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 12:59 |
Oh wait. I forgot. Looking at my avy. I don't have any pockets.
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colorofmoney91
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Joined: March 16 2008
Location: Biosphere
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Points: 22774
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 13:10 |
I'm feeling exceptionally lazy today.
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Epignosis
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Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 13:12 |
rushfan4 wrote:
I'd feel sorry for you, but I've got money burning a hole in my pocket waiting to be spent on the 2nd Epignosis release.  |
rushfan4 wrote:
Oh wait. I forgot. Looking at my avy. I don't have any pockets.  |
Can I just have the person in your avy instead?
Edited by Epignosis - June 04 2011 at 13:12
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The Truth
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Location: Kansas
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Posted: June 04 2011 at 13:15 |
colorofmoney91 wrote:
I'm feeling exceptionally lazy today. |
Yo, you too?
What's up, Alan?
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