ARGH

[batskeets]

Why is my financial life so riddled with difficulties lately?! I just tried to use my debit card at the grocery store, and found out that my card doesn't work. So, I called the bank, and they said they'd turned it off on the 12th, because I disputed a charge. I'm not sure why they did that, because the charge itself wasn't unauthorized. In fact, it was scheduled to be refunded, but I got an e-mail from that company about a week ago, saying that the outfit which handles their credit card transactions wasn't honoring their refund requests. So, the company advised us to dispute the charge.

Anyway, the lady I originally reported the disputed charge to didn't tell me that they were going to turn off my card, and whoever actually turned off the card didn't order me a new one! And of course, it takes 5-7 business days for a new one to get here, and they can't send it any faster. Which, of course, means that it won't be here by Friday morning.

So, instead of having my trusty Visa debit to use while I'm down at Stanford this weekend, I am going to have to either carry an assload of cash the whole time, or write checks all over town. I am SO ANNOYED. What an incredible pain in the ass!

Ahem. Now that I've griped about that...

addwag made a post last night that made me wonder: perhaps, since I'm in Eugene and all, I could audit Japanese classes at Uni. :) I would love to keep studying it, and I'm already forgetting material because I currently have nowhere to use it, except for the occasional meet with Kemma. Maybe I should look into it next term, assuming there aren't too many outrageous fees involved...

Today was going pretty good, for a while there. I ran a couple errands, and now there's money in my account, and things are looking up. Or at least they were, before the debit card debacle. God, it's amazing how much that completely killed my mood. Grr. Stupid bank!

Tonight, there will be wushu, Angel, and DDS. I'm not sure what I'm going to do for dinner, because I don't have any groceries, and I probably won't have time to go back to the store again with my checkbook today.

Anyway, I'm going to get to sewing now, so I won't trip over my pants at competition. Blah, I need to calm down. :)

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Comments

[muerte.livejournal.com]

What's DDS?

Re:

[skeets.livejournal.com]

DDS = Designated Driver Shuttle = student job I am sponging off of until end of Winter Term.

Haven't you asked this question before? ;pppp

Re:

[muerte.livejournal.com]

I was probably drunk at the time. Be forewarned however, I'll probably ask you again :)

[addwag.livejournal.com]

banks are stupid. I had that happen to me once and i just about killed them.
let me know if you find out about the audit.

[pfarley.livejournal.com]

Yea verily: Banks suck.

Don't audit.

[alfonzobean.livejournal.com]

Auditing is useless unless you're a grad student and there's a requirement on your number of hours. It costs as much as regular tuition and doesn't give you *any* benefit. Either get the instructor to let you sit in for free or register as a CEP student and take courses that way.

Re: Don't audit.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Yeh, I found out yesterday about the auditing fees. Sounds like a huge rip-off to me. Boooooo! ;p