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Nov. 21st, 2002
| A marble chess board sat between the two men. The pieces, crafted of green and black marble respectively, were spaced around the field of white and blue squares, a number of them set to either side of the table, captured. Each piece was sculpted uniquely; even the pawns had individual features. The first man, sitting in blue robes that shuffled quietly when he shifted, scratched his pointed nose and stroked his silvered beard, which cascaded down his face, over his chest, and into his lap. He moved a piece, purposefully, marble ringing against marble. His companion scratched his short, scraggly red beard, and then ran a hand over his bald head. He set his broad, angular jaw in thought. "It is over," said the man in blue, breaking the sacred silence, and reaching beside himself to list his staff. The bald man lifted his hand swiftly, indicating for the other man to remain seated. "No," replied the second man. "The pieces have yet to finish the dance." The candles burned low. |
Fun With Finances
Nov. 21st, 2002 02:45 pmSo, right, for the last few weeks, I've been looking over my Credit Card account, and the Balance plus Available Credit has been comming up about $220 short of my Credit Limit. Under normal circumstances, I would have every right to be concerned - $220 doesn't just get up and walk away. But I knew where it went... kind of...
See, at Nekocon, when we went to check in, there was much confussion and the charge -initially- went onto my card. this was cleared up at Check-out when Claire changed it to her card, and all was fine and dandy. I called her up a week after the fact to make sure she had infact made the proper reparations.
So there was a -pending- charge on my card, but I knew it would never come through. And I saw my other charges - Sushi, gas, shoes - come up on the bill and everything was fine. Except my Available Credit was dipping a bit low. When it hit $32 yesterday, I decided to try and remedy this - it'd been sitting there inactive all month, and i'm going to need my card for Gas when I go to visit Rachel on Tuesday.
I call up Customer Service, and everything gets confirmed - my balance, my available credit, and the inactive charge. The guy says that it should drop off by itself in the next couple days (three weeks after it came in, on the 8th - that'd be the, what, 29th?) but I can't really wait that long, so I ask if there's anything that can be done to remove it from the card, and he said I would have to call the Inn and have then call and remove it themselves.
So I went to find the number for the Executive Center. First I checked nekocon.org, but as the convention is over, they don't have much of a site at all anymore. I checked HamptonInn.com, as that was the Inn we stayed at, but it was just a page for a SINGLE Hampton Inn somewhere up in Maine or something. I finally remember HamptonRoads.com, as we were in Virginia Beach, and do a quick and easy search that gets me the number.
So I call them, and after switching through a couple lines, I get Accounting, explain my predicament, and they say that at Check-out they would have given permission to droip the charge. I told them I'd just spoken with my Creditor, and THEY said to have the Hotel people call and get it dropped. SO, I left them my information and they said they'd take care of it.
AND SO (I think I say 'so' too much...), I should have my full credit availability ready to go for my trip. Fun stuff.
I love finances.
See, at Nekocon, when we went to check in, there was much confussion and the charge -initially- went onto my card. this was cleared up at Check-out when Claire changed it to her card, and all was fine and dandy. I called her up a week after the fact to make sure she had infact made the proper reparations.
So there was a -pending- charge on my card, but I knew it would never come through. And I saw my other charges - Sushi, gas, shoes - come up on the bill and everything was fine. Except my Available Credit was dipping a bit low. When it hit $32 yesterday, I decided to try and remedy this - it'd been sitting there inactive all month, and i'm going to need my card for Gas when I go to visit Rachel on Tuesday.
I call up Customer Service, and everything gets confirmed - my balance, my available credit, and the inactive charge. The guy says that it should drop off by itself in the next couple days (three weeks after it came in, on the 8th - that'd be the, what, 29th?) but I can't really wait that long, so I ask if there's anything that can be done to remove it from the card, and he said I would have to call the Inn and have then call and remove it themselves.
So I went to find the number for the Executive Center. First I checked nekocon.org, but as the convention is over, they don't have much of a site at all anymore. I checked HamptonInn.com, as that was the Inn we stayed at, but it was just a page for a SINGLE Hampton Inn somewhere up in Maine or something. I finally remember HamptonRoads.com, as we were in Virginia Beach, and do a quick and easy search that gets me the number.
So I call them, and after switching through a couple lines, I get Accounting, explain my predicament, and they say that at Check-out they would have given permission to droip the charge. I told them I'd just spoken with my Creditor, and THEY said to have the Hotel people call and get it dropped. SO, I left them my information and they said they'd take care of it.
AND SO (I think I say 'so' too much...), I should have my full credit availability ready to go for my trip. Fun stuff.
I love finances.