buckthesystem Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Friday, April 25 CT by Bob Sullivan Rhonda Payne went to an AT&T Wireless store in Calhoun, Ga., recently to pay her phone bill in cash. She'd been hit by ID theft and was forced to close her checking account, so she was worried she wouldn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massorite Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,973 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 36 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/26/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/13/1953 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Friday, April 25 CT by Bob Sullivan Rhonda Payne went to an AT&T Wireless store in Calhoun, Ga., recently to pay her phone bill in cash. She'd been hit by ID theft and was forced to close her checking account, so she was worried she would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmh Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 27 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/21/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/15/1968 Share Posted April 27, 2008 And yet the company I currently pay my water bill to charges $2.50 to pay on line or by credit card. Otherwise it has to be by check or money order. NO CASH TAKEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat8585 Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.24 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I've been paying my car payment over the phone free for years. Last month I was told there would be a $10 charge for this. I was given an address to write to complain, and hopefully my letter didn't burn up before it got there. I never heard back from them. My alternative is do it online, and I don't want my banking info online. They won't take my debit card (in person) without calling it a cash advance, and we know what that would eventually cost! My other alternative is to go to my bank 7 miles away, draw the money, go back to Wells Fargo, and pay in cash. I could pay by check in the mail, but I'm trying to pay less interest by getting it paid immediately every month. I will never do business with a Wells Fargo bank again, and I told them so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckthesystem Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 I've been paying my car payment over the phone free for years. Last month I was told there would be a $10 charge for this. I was given an address to write to complain, and hopefully my letter didn't burn up before it got there. I never heard back from them. I have a standard letter that I send to all companies and government departments if they don't reply to my correspondence within about four or five weeks, it is short and to the point: I quote the heading of the original letter and the date and then say: "Please advise when I may expect to receive a reply to the above-mentioned letter". This always works! And I have done it for about 10 years now. Sometimes government departments will not reply until I have sent them (usually) up to four or five "chaser letters". In the worst case I didn't get a reply until I had sent 11 chaser letters, but it is "no skin off my nose" as I never put stamps on letters to government departments and I don't care how irate they get, and I figure that "their job" is to answer questions from the public, and we the public have already paid - bigtime - for answers to our questions. Also I don't like being ignored. Try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckthesystem Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Massorite, re. your tattooed SS number: A tattoo of your SSN must be voluntary. Even the most "compliant" (or obsequious, or maybe just plain gullible) person would realise how dangerous that is. Anyway, surely masses of people would outright refuse to have this. Blackmail or no blackmail, "benefits" or no benefits, sometimes we have to be prepared to pay a price for our principles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat8585 Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.24 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Massorite, re. your tattooed SS number: A tattoo of your SSN must be voluntary. For now. There will come a time when it won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerioke Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,850 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/19/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/11/1911 Share Posted April 27, 2008 All the stores around here are going to teller-less check-outs. It's hard enough for me to adjust to this system. I can't imagine the difficulty it will create for the elderly. Perhaps another reason to justify euthanasia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat8585 Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.24 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted April 27, 2008 All the stores around here are going to teller-less check-outs. It's hard enough for me to adjust to this system. I can't imagine the difficulty it will create for the elderly. Perhaps another reason to justify euthanasia? Here, too. But there are so many problems with them that they still have to have someone to help with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted April 27, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.24 Reputation: 9,760 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2008 Can only imagine what is next ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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