...THIS INFLICTED ON ME by a major eBusiness that falsely claimed to have finally deposited an overdue fraud-protection refund to my bank account, has drained me of even the slightest degree of creative energy or inclination to write and has filled me with such panic-stricken fury I can hardly think at all. It never occurred to me the eBusiness's payment notice would be a lie – not even after I had to threaten a formal consumer protection action to collect the alleged payment – but the evidence of my bank statement is undeniable: the payment was never made. And there is no question the eBusiness has my correct account number.
Because this eBusiness lied, because it falsely assured me the payment had been made when in fact it had not – because the endless financial failures of my life dictate my income is so tiny there is never much margin for error – I am now facing as much as $310 in bank charges for debits against my overdraft insurance, plus of course the debits themselves, a total that could easily exceed $500 and, however large, must be repaid within 30 days. Even with my freelance income, this is a disaster from which no recovery is possible.
Under these circumstances, blogging (or any other effort at creativity) is but pretentiousness and folly – the height of phoniness and the depth of dishonesty, probably of no consequence to anyone but me, and unquestionably of absolutely no material worth or even material potential. Farewell; I have no idea when (or even if) I will post here again.
Posted by Loren at January 26, 2005 02:26 AMHey! thats enoughh, come on, Alan.
Posted by: Alan at January 28, 2005 07:50 PM