Comments on: If This Excuse Doesn’t Work…What Does?

By: M and Mx Radio: I want an AYI! and Credit cards in Xinjiang | MandMX.com

M and Mx Radio: I want an AYI! and Credit cards in Xinjiang | MandMX.com — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:04:06 +0000

[...] If this excuse doesn’t work what does? Far West China. [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:27:35 +0000

@Magnus & Erland - thanks to both of you. Usually I'm not a real funny guy, but I'm glad you enjoyed.

@Matthew - ouch. I would be irate if that happened. If it wasn't for the perks of credit cards (those bonus points) I don't think I would even use one.

@Anon - I figured that question would come. First of all, it wasn't a recurring payment that I could expect. It was an instance where I had given an internet phone company permission to charge my card if my balance got below a certain limit. I never knew the payment came.

Also, I would have had a friend or relative pay the bill - for sure - if I had known there was anything to pay. I had no way of knowing without the internet.

In hindsight it seems there are plenty of things I could have done to prevent this but...

...who prepares for such a total communication loss such as this??

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:37:31 +0000

Why didn't you mail it or get a relative or friend to pay it after you mailed a express post to them.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:51:24 +0000

At least you didn't get penalized for the credit card company's incompetence. They copied my new address wrong, so I never got my bill. Then they charged me late fees.

By: Magnus

Magnus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:34:53 +0000

Hilarious! I love the logical comments by the credit card lady, then your equally logical response. "You don't understand where I live." FUNNY STUFF MAN.

By: Erland

Erland — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:49:13 +0000

Haha…

Great post, Josh!

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:30:31 +0000

Very true, but up until that point I had never needed automatic payment. Had I known that the riots would halt my ability to pay my bills on time, I would have quickly signed up for the service.

So the moral of the story is…if you ever plan to travel to Iran, Xinjiang, or Tibet make sure you set up auto-pay for your credit card. Ha!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:23:19 +0000

LOL. I feel for you. But you don't need internet connection for automatic payment, do you? You set it up while you have the internet connection outside Xinjiang, and then you don't have to worry about it—they'll do the payment automatically without your involvement.