My calm has been damaged

[thebitterguy]

Okay, today was going very, very well. I am in a course this week learning to do writing at work, learning all about proper formats for documents and flowcharts and submission formats and all that. It's awesome.

So, Cynra & I plan to meet at the Superstore, get some shopping, and then head home for dinner. She'll get some cat food and we'll meet. Plan goes into effect.

So, I'm strutting about the Superstore, and pick up a few things, and then she calls me to ask if I've taken any money out of the account. Why of course not, I say.

She puts the food on her credit card, and goes home to check the account.

Where she finds out that someone has absconded with our last few hundred dollars.

Leaving us... Nothing.

Thankfully, the thieves had only raided our primary checking acct, leaving a few dollars in my account. We got some dinner makings and headed home. She left a series of upset voicemails with our CU ("providing mediocre customer service from 9:30 -4:00"), and we checked with redeem147 about what our options are in this (answer: sit tight and wait for the CU to get back to us).

Now, we play the waiting game which sucks so let's play Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

Aaaaand game is cancelled this Thursday. Khaaaan!

Comments

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Frak! Was it your credit card or your bank account that was pilfered? I have a little experience with both. In most cases you'll get the funds back it just takes a little while and you'll have to do a little paperwork/answering questions on the phone.

[thebitterguy]

Bank account.

That's good to hear. It's annoying and angering, that's for sure.

[srhall79.livejournal.com]

Vibes. I know it was a gutpunch for me last January when I found that my Christmas purchases apparently included several plane tickets. Hope things get sorted out quickly.

(and no game? Bummer. Had to cancel mine tonight for illnesses and other commitments)

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, we didn't make quorum, so it's delayed another week. Feh.

Were they at least tickets somewhere nice?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

And as the victim of the crime, he should get the tickets as compensation in addition to the refunded cash. Benevolent form of dharmic/karmic(?) backlash, you know?

[srhall79.livejournal.com]

Don't remember- I was too busy trying not to have a heartattack while I dialed my bank (thank god for 24 hour service). Have enough debt without an extra $5k or so.

I do recall having to sign two or three separate documents all stating that I really truly hadn't purchased the tickets.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I had $500 taken from my bank account (assumed ATM fraud) last spring. It sucked but once I'd filled out the paperwork I had the money back in 24 hours. They said it would take a week but it was much faster. So there's hope. It's definitely annoying when money is taken from you, that's personal and it sucks a lot.

[thebitterguy]

That's cool. Hopefully this is gonna be just as speedy.

I'd have thought you might have experience from work, and not personal experience.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Credit card stuff I know from work. The debit disputes I did at my job generally weren't from the cardholder's perspective. But I did have my own drama to throw in there. Glad it can be used for something ;)

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Damn.

Some people...

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's bad news. Here's hoping for your bank to remedy this problem ASAP.

::B::

[thebitterguy]

Thanks. Everyone seems pretty confident it'll be taken care of quick, and I'm gonna go over there at my lunch.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

That is an amazing amount of suckage. It should get resolved in relatively short order, though.

[thebitterguy]

I do hope so. I'm just hoping to be able to prevent it recurring in the future.

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Ugh - I have a lot of nightmares about that - in fact I'm going to check my online banking in a moment! Hope you get that sorted out quickly and painlessly.

I'm also sorry that my stomach bug seems to have been the last straw for Thursday - I've been looking forward to it. I've even been printing out play aids in preparation.

[thebitterguy]

Well, it's not like it's any one person's fault, although if I were to blame anyone, it would be Paul, because he backed out first.

I need to reprint my character sheet, don't I?

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, Justin...sorry to hear about this, mate! :(

Really hope this resolves soon.

[canker-canison.livejournal.com]

Well that sucks epic shite. I hope they castch the bastards.