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Across the Fence:  Paying for my Christmas Tree...TODAY!  |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 08:58:00 AM
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So, I'm a bit frustrated...we purchased our Christmas Tree two weeks before Christmas, and...even though it was taken out of our account the day we purchased it, apparently the tree farm's credit card machine wasn't working properly, so they just posted the $48.00 to our account today. Now, this is a small nursery that we go to all the time, and we're on the mailing list. I don't dispute that we "owe" for the tree--but it would have been nice if they would have let folks know that this was going to happen...apparently, about 200 people just "paid" for their tree!!!! Grrr! That money was set aside already for other bills.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 09:09:28 AM
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Same thing happened where my dh parks at work. He has to pay $10 a day to park in Seattle and they saved them all up and charged us for two weeks at once - $110. DH complained and the guy told him "You should have been subtracting the money daily out of your checking account, and if you had it wouldn't matter when we took it out!" I guess he's right - but I don't know about you, I kind of balance my checkbook with what the online statement says everyday. In the back of my head I knew he was paying for parking everyday, but I never thought of it when I'd check the online statement and he didn't remind me each day "Now $10 should be subtracted today!" Really frustrating isn't it?
Farmgirl Sister #98
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 09:09:31 AM
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Oh wow Jonni, thats a little crazy of them.Surely it has worked at some point sooner since christmas.
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 11:55:47 AM
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| I hate it when that happens. People forget that we don't all have a cushion of spare cash. |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 29 2008 : 12:42:04 PM
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I've really never had that happen before....and when I called this am to ask her about it, she was kind of...well, not nice. She said I was about the 20th person she'd heard from (which made me think, "I'll bet!")...Yeah, we don't ever have a cushion--especially this year :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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Across the Fence: Paying for my Christmas Tree...TODAY! |
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Paying for my Christmas Tree...TODAY!
