Good morning!
And a weird happy birthday to me.
I basically started this momentous day fairly normally until I read my emails...
One was from my cousin who just so happens to share this birthday with me, wishing me a happy birthday; hers is the same day and same year would you believe?
Anyway, the next was my usual horoscope, and the last one was from Blockbuster telling me that my Sears MasterCard expires this month.
I have been with Sears since 1976, and they have always sent me one before it had expired!
I of course ran to get my wallet out of my pocketbook, and sure enough 7/08 that expiration date loomed up at me.
Quickly I wrote to MasterCard online, at their site that I did not have my new one and where is it? Blockbuster did not have it for billing our movies at home account.
My husband wakes up, and I tell him my dilemma.
He tells me his is good till 7/12, how can this be?
It's my original account, under my name that is; I should also be good till then!
He then says since the old one was still good when these arrived you put the new one somewhere else?
Damn!
He was right, and not that far either just in the back of my very same wallet.
All was well, and I could notify Blockbuster of my simplistic faux pas, and correct my mistake, and everything would be A-OK, right?
Wrong.
Next email came in from Sears MasterCard: "Thank you for reporting that your credit card was Lost, Stolen or never received. We have closed your account to prevent any further use. If the missing card is found or returned to you, please destroy it. There is no need to contact us. We have assigned a new account number, and your new card(s) should arrive within 10 business days. Balance Transfer checks and convenience checks will transfer accordingly.
If you have merchants that automatically bill your account, be sure to notify them of your new number.
Thank you for using our website." And yes, I do know this was done for my safety, but so fast? But what is my NEW NUMBER????
I didn't believe what they said, and foolishly tried to correct my mistake by going back to their website.
And I really did try to go back to their site and fix this mess, but the dye was cast, so to speak, and there was no turning back.
They wouldn't even let me enter their site!
But left me a 1-800 # to call, and so I did.
And was told by a human voice that it was too late, and that they would be sending me new cards and new numbers.
I asked about what to do about Blockbuster and they said they didn't know since they cannot get involved with a third party billing.
Now Blockbuster will probably discontinue our program because they have no billing info they can use!
Damn!
I could always try contacting them again, and tell them what has transpired, and ask them to be patient and wait for the info.. but would they?
Who knows.
And it is so ironic to me that this has happened, and that the human at the credit card company tried so carefully to explain it all to me, in terms a simpleton should understand... and I really did have to laugh since I did inform him that I was a retired credit manager from way back. LOL
Today will not be lost totally, silly to harp on things which we have not much control over is my motto.
My husband has promised to take me out to a new place for lunch, not new itself, but new to us, since we have not been there before.
It's always busy, means it is good, right? This should be fun!
Speaking My Mind is about: Tobi, who is a middle aged, no, oh all right a slightly over the hill woman with all the imperfections that go with that, and this concerns her daily life's perceptions and experiences.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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