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roddesigner

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Cancel your credit cards before you die..........

Now some people are really stupid!!!!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.
This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.

Here is the exchange :

Family Member: 'I am calling to tell you she died back in January.'

Citibank: 'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.'

Citibank: 'Since it is two months past due, it already has been.'

Family Member: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'

Citibank: 'Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!'

Family Member: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?'

Citibank: 'Excuse me?'

Family Member: 'Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?'

Citibank: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'


Supervisor gets on the phone:

Family Member: 'I'm calling to tell you, she died back in January with a $0 balance.'

Citibank: 'The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'You mean you want to collect from her estate?'

Citibank: (Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'

Family Member: 'No, I'm her great nephew.' (Lawyer info was given)

Citibank: 'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'

Family Member: 'Sure.' (Fax number was given )


After they get the fax :

Citibank: 'Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help.'

Family Member:

Well, if you figure it out, great!

If not, you could just keep billing her. She won't care.'

Citibank: 'Well, the late fees and charges will still apply.'

(What is wrong with these people?!?)

Family Member: 'Would you like her new billing address?'

Citibank: 'That might help...'

Family Member: ' Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69.'

Citibank: 'Sir, that's a cemetery!'

Family Member: 'And what do you do with dead

people on your planet???'


(Priceless!!)
You wondered why Citi is going broke and need the

feds to bail them out!!
 
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John,
Sad but true...
My Mother passed away (Port Charlotte, FL) last October. I am the "attorney in fact" and get those type of answers from all sorts of folks. The best one was from our wonderful folks at Sam's who said they were going to suspend her check cashing privileges if she didn't renew her membership card and miss out on a drawing for a wonderful vacation trip. I told them she had passed away, they said "I'm so sorry, we will update our records". They called three times and sent multiple letters there after. While speaking to a supervisor on the last phone call I said "hold one please, let me see if I can transfer you to St. Peter, he keeps the official Holy records you know. Sorry Maam, St. Peter is not accepting collect calls"... she hung up and I havent heard from them since LOL.
 
Jim,
Please excuse, certainly not to change the subject of the thread,
just happened to have noticed your avatar,
I haven't seen a Mad magazine in a lonnnnnng time
 
penhead said:
Jim,
Please excuse, certainly not to change the subject of the thread,
just happened to have noticed your avatar,
I haven't seen a Mad magazine in a lonnnnnng time
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JohnP,
Besides PRprincess, you are the only person I know that has identified the ole' "I Spy" which... yes... was on the cover of an ancient Mad magazine.
 
JFeagans said:
JohnP,
Besides PRprincess, you are the only person I know that has identified the ole' "I Spy" which... yes... was on the cover of an ancient Mad magazine.
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Even in the Philippines I used to enjoy the magazine (mostly the I Spy so looked is probably more accurate) and their rear cover fold-ins. :biggrin:

The rest was too "radical" for my young mind :rolleyes:.
 
Ahhh... yes the centerfolds:rolleyes:. Young inquiring minds had a need to know!:biggrin:. Those were the days of intellectualism, academic's and Mad magazine LOL
 
Andrew,
This is going to be a little confusing but you are right. I love this little historical foot note:
It was May 1, 1960, just three days before Fidel Castro took over Cuba's free press, when artist Antonio Prohias fled to America flat broke. Once here, he came directly to MAD. Some of the early cartoons (including their very first) was published in 1961 - and now, he is an internationally respected and beloved cartoonist. He passed away and left his legacy to pass on into the next millennium. Mad magazine did release a cover called "I Spy" which featured the spy vs spy characters.
 
I used to read Mad Magazine all the time. It was very imaginative and I loved Spy vs Spy, as well as Alfred E Neuman. It helped me maintain my sanity throughout for many years.
 
Hi all,

I read Mad magazine as well and now one of my sons is carrying on the tradition. I am so proud. :)
 
memories

I love the Spy vs Spy gags from MAD magazine.
If you ever watch Mad TV, a comedy show the show here on the Comedy Channel they from time to time will show an animated short of them.
I have a few old MAD magazines from so long ago.
I always enjoyed the musicals they would do.
Odd the things I can recall from that long ago.
Thanks for the memory jog guys~
 
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