Finally, something that worked out for the best!!
A few weeks ago, we received a notice in the mail that we had an account balance on our Ebay Account of $172. This was the first account we had used and we hadn't touched it since June of 2003 before me moved.
So, I contacted them asking why the balance was so high, because I didn't understand that. The rep emailed me back stating that the last payment was made in 6/03 and there was a remaining balance of 2.38...when they went to make the payment the next month, the bank returned it and they've been returning it ever since. When he told me this, I realized what had happened. Before all of this happened, we believe our car was broken in to...and we had our bank acct info in the car....so we decided to close that account and open another one. Well, before we closed it completely, we did have some payments that were going through, so the bank had to contact us and we had to approve the expense. Once all payments were put through, we did close the account. And low and behold...Ebay wasn't notified.
The response that I got back today was that Ebay will credit our account $170...so we just have to pay the remaining balance of 2.38. Truthfully, I was expecting them to say "Tough, we want our money"...so i was quite excited to read this!!!!!!
Just had to share!!!
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
The Year I was born
In 1977 (the year you were born)
- Jimmy Carter becomes president of the US
- Most of the 10,000 Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned by President Carter
- Singer Anita Bryant starts her "Save Our Children" crusade against gay rights
- Elvis Presley dies in his Graceland bathroom
- Congress creates a Department of Energy
- Anwar Sadat flies to Jerusalem in a dramatic gesture of willingness to discuss peace
- Orlando Bloom, Shakira, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liv Tyler, and Ludacris are born
- New York Yankees win the World Series
- Oakland Raiders win Superbowl XI
- Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup
- Swedish music group ABBA passes The Beatles as having most records sold
- Star Wars is the top grossing film
- The Shining by Stephen King is published
- "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone spends the most time at the top of the US charts
- Three's Company premieres
Saturday, August 07, 2004
i've got some cute nephews
my sister just sent pics on thursday that were taken at sears....and I have them hanging up at my work cubicle. my little buddies. i love them to pieces. i can't believe how big Curtis is getting and how quickly time flies. i barely remember my sister being pg and now my little godson is 2 months old. and he's a big boy too...defintely eats well!
what a week this has been
it's been absolutely insane, it's a wonder I have any hair left!
Monday is always my worst day of the week...work is so hectic. It's usualy a good kind of hectic, but before I know it, the day is half gone and I don't feel like I did anything productive! We had *60* people who started in Orientation, probably one of the biggest starts in awhile or ever. 13 of those people were from my department converting from temporary employee to full time employee. Well, one person didn't make it, as his work Visa was expiring and he didn't know when it was going to be renewed and we as a company can't sponsor him. So, he was let go. Another person forgot to show up because she doesn't work on Mondays. She'll go through next week and will have to wait until Oct for benefits. Her loss....she was told what would happen!
Tuesday and Wednesday were a little better, I was finally able to find my desk and get paperwork to the proper area. Wednesday was a little bit crazy because dh had this great idea that we could sell our digital camera to his sister and then we would go out and buy a new one. Umm...let's think about this, we can't afford it right now. Second off, (and I didn't say this to him, but it was considered)...she makes all this money, she can go and buy her own digital camera. I know she's his little sister and he wants to protect her, but geez...she makes more money by herself than he and I do together! I think he finally realized that's not the smartest idea at the moment.
Thursday was my breaking point however. We had a little bit of a fight the night before, so I was tired and stressed from that. Than to find out, he called work to find out what was going on with his pay (mind you, it's been 6 weeks since he's been off on disability) and there was no check for this week either. Cable was shut off because we hadn't paid it....we thought we would be able to make payments on our phone, but without his check there was no way. I had about $20 to my name and that had to get us through next Friday. Yea, sure, that wasn't going to happen. Once I got into work, I broke down to my co-worker and she was ready to write me a check right then and there. I couldn't believe how thoughtful she was. I chose not to take the money because that would have been one more person to pay back and it would have felt ackward taking from someone who I don't "really" know. We did end up borrowing from Mom and Dad again, which I hated, but I know that eventually this will work itself out and we'll be back on track.
Friday was so much better....Bill and I got past the "uglies" and we just know that money is a stressful thing...no matter what we do, it's always going to be there. I just have to keep the faith and pray that God will get us through this, just as he did a few years back. I keep praying that Bill's foot will heal and he can return to work. As much as he drives me crazy and I want him to head back to work for that reason, I want him to succeed at his job. His life has been filled with so much negativity, I want something to work out for him. He was so thrilled to be taking this new position, and he hasn't been able to do anything since then. I'm hoping that he'll be going back after he sees the doctor in a few weeks...his foot is feeling better, so I'm hoping that it just took time for it to heal.
Monday is always my worst day of the week...work is so hectic. It's usualy a good kind of hectic, but before I know it, the day is half gone and I don't feel like I did anything productive! We had *60* people who started in Orientation, probably one of the biggest starts in awhile or ever. 13 of those people were from my department converting from temporary employee to full time employee. Well, one person didn't make it, as his work Visa was expiring and he didn't know when it was going to be renewed and we as a company can't sponsor him. So, he was let go. Another person forgot to show up because she doesn't work on Mondays. She'll go through next week and will have to wait until Oct for benefits. Her loss....she was told what would happen!
Tuesday and Wednesday were a little better, I was finally able to find my desk and get paperwork to the proper area. Wednesday was a little bit crazy because dh had this great idea that we could sell our digital camera to his sister and then we would go out and buy a new one. Umm...let's think about this, we can't afford it right now. Second off, (and I didn't say this to him, but it was considered)...she makes all this money, she can go and buy her own digital camera. I know she's his little sister and he wants to protect her, but geez...she makes more money by herself than he and I do together! I think he finally realized that's not the smartest idea at the moment.
Thursday was my breaking point however. We had a little bit of a fight the night before, so I was tired and stressed from that. Than to find out, he called work to find out what was going on with his pay (mind you, it's been 6 weeks since he's been off on disability) and there was no check for this week either. Cable was shut off because we hadn't paid it....we thought we would be able to make payments on our phone, but without his check there was no way. I had about $20 to my name and that had to get us through next Friday. Yea, sure, that wasn't going to happen. Once I got into work, I broke down to my co-worker and she was ready to write me a check right then and there. I couldn't believe how thoughtful she was. I chose not to take the money because that would have been one more person to pay back and it would have felt ackward taking from someone who I don't "really" know. We did end up borrowing from Mom and Dad again, which I hated, but I know that eventually this will work itself out and we'll be back on track.
Friday was so much better....Bill and I got past the "uglies" and we just know that money is a stressful thing...no matter what we do, it's always going to be there. I just have to keep the faith and pray that God will get us through this, just as he did a few years back. I keep praying that Bill's foot will heal and he can return to work. As much as he drives me crazy and I want him to head back to work for that reason, I want him to succeed at his job. His life has been filled with so much negativity, I want something to work out for him. He was so thrilled to be taking this new position, and he hasn't been able to do anything since then. I'm hoping that he'll be going back after he sees the doctor in a few weeks...his foot is feeling better, so I'm hoping that it just took time for it to heal.
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