> >True Story...................
> >
> >In March 1992 a man living in Newton near Boston Massachusetts
received
> >a bill for his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed $0.00.
He
> >ignored it and threw it away.
> >In April he received another and threw that one away too. The
following
> >month the credit card company sent him a very nasty note stating they
> >were going to cancel his card if he didn't send them $0.00 by return
of
> >post.
> >He called them, talked to them, they said it was a computer error and
> >told him they'd take care of it.
> >The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried
out
> >the troublesome credit card figuring that if there were purchases on
his
> >account it would put an end to his ridiculous predicament.
> >However, in the first store that he produced his credit card in
payment
> >for his purchases he found that his card had been canceled. He called
> >the credit card company who apologized for the computer error once
again
> >and said that they would take care of it.
> >The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now
> >overdue. Assuming that having spoken to the credit card company only
> >the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake he ignored
it,
> >trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the
> >problem out.
> >The next month he got a bill for $0.00 stating that he had 10 days to
> >pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the
> >debt.
> >Finally giving in he thought he would play the company at their own
game
> >and mailed them a check for $0.00. The computer duly processed his
> >account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the
> >credit card company nothing at all.
> >A week later, the man's bank called him asking him what he was doing
> >writing a check for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the bank
replied
> >that the $0.00 check had caused their check processing software to
fail.
> >The bank could not now process ANY checks from ANY of their customers
> >that day because the check for $0.00 was causing the computer to
crash.
> >The following month the man received a letter from the credit card
> >company claiming that his check had bounced and that he now owed them
> >$0.00 and unless he sent a check by return of post they would be
taking
> >steps to recover the debt. The man, who had been considering buying
his
> >wife a computer for her birthday, bought her a typewriter instead.
> >ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? HEHEHEHEHEHE
Tsuh Yang Chen, NYC
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