Jul 15, 2006 11:59
I have several people trying to find a cosmic answer for the shit I have been in with Visa cards.
I am happy to listen to all cosmic suggestions, but I reckon it's just because I wasn't thinking very clearly, as was careless.
Update on the Visa saga --- as soon as the card is reported stolen, you lose internet access, so you cant check anything.
Statement comes in, find lots of fraudulent entries, call the bank, during a 55 minute call, with the nastiest officer I have ever spoken to, pedantic bitch, during which I find that the bank will not cover any loss, because my PIN was in my wallet when stolen. OK it was dumb, like I KNEW it was going to be stolen!!
The PIN can't be managed via internet, I believe, and I was on my way down the bank to enter it and change it to my usual PIN.
OK, with the wisdom of hindsight, I should have engraved it on my head, and chewed the paper up!!
What I should have done, was NEVER used a fucking PIN on my Visa, like I have never done in all my life, but someone at the bank showed me recently how easy it would be for me to access all my accounts with the one card. Yeah, wasn't it!!
So I am now $2000 out of pocket, and walking around Midland with the knowledge that someonein that shopping centre, who knows who I am, has read my personal diary entries in my pad thingy in the wallet, has all my details, plus business cards, so they really know WHO I am.
Not happy!!!