Too funny

[filkferengi]

Hey, y'all, check this out - I sponsored an e-book kickstarter for $10 Australian [$7 US]. It funded; yay! I got an email, claiming my card was declined, & I should contact the bank. I called Bank of America and was on hold for under 10 minutes: yay! The minion alleges that we're late on a payment he claims was due on the 24th, when the statement just arrived in the mail today. When I asked him how I was supposed to have already paid a bill which just arrived today, the (gormless, helpless, and many words ending in -less] minion asseverated that payment was always due the 24th of the month.

Now, I have many gifts, but a Tardis is not among them. The irony is, we allegedly have all this credit available, yet they're blocking me on a $7 charge. It's almost as funny as the times (plural!) when my card that had paid my fare to Seattle for 10 consecutive years of the filkcon Conflikt, got blocked at the Denny's across the street (that I've been going to the same time of year for several years) on a $6 charge. That was far easier for ze spouse to fix; the kickstarter nonsense will take longer. Unfortunately, Kickstarter doesn't take Discover, so I can't just add another card.

These days, take your laughs where you find them. Also, I think the credit card company's miffed, because we pay in full every month, so they make no interest on us.

Sometimes, Uncle Murphy loves on us harder than other times.

:)

Comments

[madfilkentist]

As you probably know already from my DW, my Visa was blocked 4 times this month. Is this something going on with credit cards in general now? I've been covering payments from another card till my newly ordered one arrives. The idea is to have one card which never leaves home and pays only online charges, and thus can never get in trouble. At least that was the theory. It isn't working too well right now, but I hope it will with the new card.

[filkferengi]

Good luck!