Paypal.
So I had this $7.78 sitting in my paypal account and that is part of the reason I tried to get a checking account. To confirm the account so I can withdraw that piddly amount of money.
I couldn't get the account because of the patriot act bullshit. So I was trying to figure out a way to get this money out of there. I mean, it's my money, I fucking want it dammit.
So I tried changing the email address, no, I tried sending it to someone, no, I tried withdrawing it, no, all because I don't have a checking account (no credit card/patriot act/id shit) and I can't get a credit card because of my ex-mother in law and her mastercards in Texas in my name which I have been fighting for over 10 years.
Still following? Good.
So I call paypal at which point they tell me that I have to have a checking account. I explain all the above. How about a credit card? I explain all of the above again.
Sorry, you can't have your money.
Excuse me? It's my money. I will copy my id/birth cert/ss card/voter registration/phone bill/electric bill/water bill/Publix card/library card/lease agreement/medicaid card which by the way proves that the gov knows who I am and you can send me my money.
Please hold ma'am but I don't think we can do that.
Do do dod do dod do, dodododo dodedo dedo.
Thanks for holding ma'am, can you please verify your home address?
Yup, blah deblah blah blah Florida.
Thank you. We will send you a check for the amount in 1-2 weeks.
Thanks. See, it wasn't that hard to give me my money now was it? Have a nice night Robert.
It is so ridiculous, this must have a credit card bullshit. I mean, poor people everywhere and people who don't want a credit card by choice are kinda screwed with this whole patriot act shit when it comes to their own money in or out of a bank and being confirmed as a US citizen. Of course, the whole credit card thing, requiring it, just makes me think that they simply want to verify that we are consumers. If they aren't asking for the number on the card but just want to make sure we have one, does it stand to make sense that they want to know that we shop and are in debt?
Comments
Yep! Definitely a bunch of crap but at least you're getting your money! :)
Posted by: Kelly | July 9, 2004 1:53 AM
This whole "must have a credit card" thing is very strange to me, as that is not how things work here in Finland. It's ridiculous - isn't there any other way to handle those things? Like you said, not everyone has / wants to have a credit card! Glad to hear you're getting your money anyway!
Posted by: Kirsi | July 9, 2004 2:01 AM
Well that idiot at the bank said if you don't have a credit card, you need a passport. That's bullshit cuz I just looked at the patriot act.
Posted by: kat | July 9, 2004 7:57 AM
I am the master complainer and I was demanding to speak to higher ups so I think they just wanted me off the phone...lol
Posted by: kat | July 9, 2004 8:00 AM