Topic: PLAY ON (Read 9003 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #60 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:09:33 PM »

Great news DR JMK....I forgot to ask!

What was the best price you got and for what item?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #61 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:09:55 PM »

I am off to closing night/strike of CAMELOT...

FJL · « **Reply #62 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:12:18 PM »

Smooth strike vibes to Jrand!

Jeanne · « **Reply #63 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:21:17 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Jane, my new insoles are orthotics. I just wasn't getting enough support from any of my shoes, even my beloved Eccos.

Jeanne · « **Reply #64 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:22:35 PM »

A very nice little surprise for Larry to stay a few days longer in Dublin and at that gorgeous hotel.

Jeanne · « **Reply #65 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:27:33 PM »

TOD:

I just posted about my latest credit card problem the other day. I will say that Discover told me that they would take care of it as soon as I confirmed that I didn't "recognize" the charge. They are crediting me for it. Didn't recognize it is an understatement. I had just filled my tank with gas. As I have only one car and it has only one gas tank and I didn't lend my card to anyone, ergo, the second charge (same station, same day) was in error.

Jeanne · « **Reply #66 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:30:48 PM »

I've had other problems in the past, all of them resolved quickly. A couple years ago I spotted a $100 charge with a very strange description in lieu of the name of the merchant. I called my credit card company and they told me it was to an Internet porn site. That charge was immediately credited back to me as soon as I said, "Not mine!" Of course, we had to cancel the card, always an inconvenience.

Jeanne · « **Reply #67 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:32:05 PM »

Jennifer, I'm told that thieves often "try out" a card by making a very small--usually a $1.00--purchase. If it's accepted, then they go ahead and buy what they REALLY want.

Jeanne · « **Reply #68 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:36:04 PM »

I use credit cards a lot, for both the convenience and the rebate points. But I keep all the receipts and review my bills carefully. I like being able to see my charges online, too, as you can catch problems much sooner than if you waited for the hardcopy bill to arrive.

Jeanne · « **Reply #69 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:46:23 PM »

Also, not all erroneous charges are fraud. Some years ago, while working in the corporate world, I bought most of my business clothes at Nordstrom. One day I had purchased a couple items there and, while they were being rung up, I spotted a jacket I hadn't noticed. I was trying it on and my salesperson came over to help me. I didn't buy the jacket, but when my bill arrived I couldn't make sense of the charges. Yes, I had purchased items X and Y, but what was this $160? I called Nordstrom. They could identify EXACTLY what was purchased just from the code on my bill. The $160 was for a pair of pants in a size 2. I was quite slender when I was young, but I NEVER wore a size 2 pants! I knew those weren't mine! I think what happened is that my salesperson laid down my card to come over and help me and another salesperson mistakenly picked it up and rang up another sale. An honest mistake, but not one I wish to pay for.

Jeanne · « **Reply #70 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:49:47 PM »

MEGA HUGS TO TCB!! I sincerely hope you have the BEST POSSIBLE outcome on your leg!

Jeanne · « **Reply #71 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:52:47 PM »

I seem to have driven everyone away.

TTFN.

Ginny · « **Reply #72 on:** August 20, 2011, 01:54:39 PM »

Speaking of Nordstrom's, as DR Jeanne was, while in the Cincinnati store Thursday I heard bits and pieces of a song I'd like to identify. The lyrics were something like "to find someone who loves you, you have to be someone who loves you." Any ideas?

TCB · « **Reply #73 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:02:57 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 20, 2011, 01:55:31 AM

Around 1988, I suddenly found on my credit card bill a series of charges that maxed out the card. I apparently had been buying shoes, clothing and other fashion accessories all over Milan, Rome, and (I think) Turin. I was not amused, but at that point I had never appplied for a passport so I had veritable proof that I could neither have been in Italy nor have afforded the trip on my meager Drama Book Shop salary.

Interesting that this was written from some classy five-star hotel across the pond!

TCB · « **Reply #74 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:11:02 PM »

Quote from: JMK on August 20, 2011, 06:42:21 AM

Today is the day of the Mt. Park Community Garage Sale. Please don't come before 7 a.m.

That "garage" sale is HUGE!

John G. · « **Reply #75 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:15:19 PM »

Finally got around to reading Melody's cabaret review, posted yesterday. A rave! Brava for her.

TCB · « **Reply #76 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:21:43 PM »

Quote from: bk on August 20, 2011, 06:46:10 AM

Jennifer, I think they do it so they can ascertain that the card is working. The Walmart charges that were authorized happened within four minutes of each other at different checkout lanes - so there may be more than one person doing this even in that same location. The additional charge that was declined happened an hour later. I gather they can print up as many cards as they like, send them to as many people in as many cities as they like. I think that cc security is going to have to deal with this in a much stronger way because these people are now so sophisticated that they can stand next to you and scan stuff that's in your wallet. Apparently they now make wallets that have some sort of protection against this - I'm looking into that.

Hammer and Schlemmer sells just such a wallet. It is apparently a stainless steel mess that will stop the crooks from taking your credit card information.

TCB · « **Reply #77 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:28:38 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 20, 2011, 11:16:22 AM

The hotel is filled with French folk today, including the French rugby team, who beat the Irish this afternoon. I suspoect there may be in the team some serious French husband material for DR MBarnum in forty years. But he's not here.

Or perhaps one of the rugby player's grandfather.

TCB · « **Reply #78 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:30:05 PM »

Quote from: FJL on August 20, 2011, 12:01:09 PM

Is 62000 a milestone?

In dog years.

TCB · « **Reply #79 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:35:42 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on August 20, 2011, 01:54:39 PM

Speaking of Nordstrom's, as DR Jeanne was, while in the Cincinnati store Thursday I heard bits and pieces of a song I'd like to identify. The lyrics were something like "to find someone who loves you, you have to be someone who loves you." Any ideas?

Victor Herbert?

TCB · « **Reply #80 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:40:19 PM »

Thank you one and all for your support and your vibes and your friendship. I feel blessed to know all of you.

TCB · « **Reply #81 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:42:22 PM »

Is Cilla working today?

Michael · « **Reply #82 on:** August 20, 2011, 02:51:48 PM »

Canada has adopted interesting way to safe guard your purchase. Just like your ATM card the Credit Cards have a chip in the, and you need a PIN to finalize the purchase. (An ATM card can be used as CC in the US without the pin number) In restaurants they bring over a small mobile machine where you insert the card, (look over the charges and aff tip) you put in your PIN number and you take out the card. The waiter never touches it. A look of retail stores have also adopted this methoc.

Perhaps the US should adopt this put a micro chip in ATM and force to put in your pin before the transaction can be completed amd do the same for credit cards. It may cost money to do this, but it would cut down on fraud and the milliond of dollars lost to fraud.

John G. · « **Reply #83 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:02:05 PM »

Flu shots now available. Isn't that a little early?

TCB · « **Reply #84 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:05:48 PM »

Quote from: John G. on August 20, 2011, 03:02:05 PM

Flu shots now available. Isn't that a little early?

It depends on when you plan on getting sick.

bk · « **Reply #85 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:26:15 PM »

I think they should adopt that in the US, Shayne. They're going to have to do something. Meanwhile, I'm going to the store to look at these new-fangled wallets. There are several online but I don't like the styles.

bk · « **Reply #86 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:26:51 PM »

Did the four-mile jog. Came up with some good lyrics, which I then had to remember until I got home. But I got another episode completed.

bk · « **Reply #87 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:27:31 PM »

Listening to several upcoming Kritzerland releases - a couple of these will not sell out right away, but I love them.

JMK · « **Reply #88 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:32:36 PM »

Mystery Water Department: several times over the past few days we have noticed a small puddle of water underneath the freezer side of the fridge. I have of course pulled it out and checked all of the water connections, and I also checked the overflow tray. Nada. I did pull off the bottom grill and discovered the poor thing had probably never been vacuumed in however long it's been in this house (my guess is at least 10 years) and you would not believe the dust. I'm wondering if so much dust on the coil caused some kind of condensation.

JMK · « **Reply #89 on:** August 20, 2011, 03:33:33 PM »

JR, my best sale was the pre-sale to my regular CL guy who I wrote about the other day. He bought all my DVDs, Blu-rays, the kids' Wii and about 40 games for various platforms for several hundred dollars. The best sale today was one of the kids' old beds, which went for $50.

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