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featherynscaleLast week was the Week of Being Stupid About Money. I had to have a drumming track for Sunday's ritual (Shamanic Dumpster Diving), and discovered that I could get something pretty kick-ass from PayPlay, allegedly in a quick and painless manner. All I had to do was drop some money in my account and get the track. (Yes, I am aware that one can download absolutely anything for free somewhere on the internet. No, I'm not morally opposed to data piracy. Sometimes, though, when you need a particular thing on a very short timeline, it's easier to just pay for it.) So I drop $20 through paypal to this site. Paypal chokes on it and tells me the transaction didn't happen. I think I screwed up something in the process, so I go back and do it again. Same deal. Paypal chokes, no transaction happened. I give up in disgust, and drop $20 on the site specifically. Money goes through, I can buy the song I need, and have credit for other stuff. I get other stuff. I am happy.
However, when I went back to update my ledger, I discover that both $20 payments through paypal have indeed been debited from my account. I go to paypal to dispute the transaction. It is 'pending', so I can't dispute it. I sigh. By Monday, both $20 payments hit PayPlay, and I have vast amounts of credit on the site, but am $40 poorer than I expected to be.
Also, my mother sent me a check for $100. I put the check in my pocket. Later, when I was thinking of going to the bank, surprise, the check was gone. I look all over for it, nothing. Crap. I call Mom to thank her for the money, but tell her that I lost it. Ha! She says she'll just send it to me by Paypal. I think, Ha!. That was two days ago. Last night,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
triadruid found the check. My Paypal account shows nothing. Does this mean that she sent the money and it hasn't gone through, so I shouldn't cash the check? Or does it mean that she hasn't sent the money, and I should cash the check? Better call.
In other news, I'm totally envious ofkittenpants' iPod. I have, up until this point, avoided interaction with large-capacity mp3 players, so have also avoided temptation. Alas. And they're not terribly expensive, either. I could have an 80-gig iPod for $249. Ludicrous. I don't even have 80 gig of storage on my entire PC. I mean, it's time to upgrade that, too, but still...
However, when I went back to update my ledger, I discover that both $20 payments through paypal have indeed been debited from my account. I go to paypal to dispute the transaction. It is 'pending', so I can't dispute it. I sigh. By Monday, both $20 payments hit PayPlay, and I have vast amounts of credit on the site, but am $40 poorer than I expected to be.
Also, my mother sent me a check for $100. I put the check in my pocket. Later, when I was thinking of going to the bank, surprise, the check was gone. I look all over for it, nothing. Crap. I call Mom to thank her for the money, but tell her that I lost it. Ha! She says she'll just send it to me by Paypal. I think, Ha!. That was two days ago. Last night,
triadruid found the check. My Paypal account shows nothing. Does this mean that she sent the money and it hasn't gone through, so I shouldn't cash the check? Or does it mean that she hasn't sent the money, and I should cash the check? Better call. In other news, I'm totally envious of
kittenpants' iPod. I have, up until this point, avoided interaction with large-capacity mp3 players, so have also avoided temptation. Alas. And they're not terribly expensive, either. I could have an 80-gig iPod for $249. Ludicrous. I don't even have 80 gig of storage on my entire PC. I mean, it's time to upgrade that, too, but still...