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[Shop-talk] Is this true?---Fw: eBay Motors Fee Class Action(6540054)

Subject: [Shop-talk] Is this true?---Fw: eBay Motors Fee Class Action(6540054)
From: marka at maracing.com (Mark Andy)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:52:46 -0500 (EST)
References: <436ee866.1606e4.134ec7c8843.Webtop.48@charter.net><159942816.816228.1326819786690.JavaMail.root@sz0119a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> <004001ccd543$6ab05d50$401117f0$@net> <DD741A8C0A834A5CBC9E7250F84F97C2@Mike> <4F15C887.4040801@dfn.com> <005101ccd615$f3a44c70$daece550$@net>
Howdy,

Reminds me of this cartoon (which will presumably be back tomorrow, after 
the SOPA protest)

http://xkcd.com/327/

Mark

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Mullen wrote:

> Michael Porter wrote:
>>
>> getting overdue notices, demanding payment of $0.00.
>
> I used to work for a guy (back in the mid-70's that had a similar story.
>
> Only they sent the bill on a punched computer card (remember those?).  He
> got tired of calling and getting nowhere, so he took the bill to the
> keypunch room and did a multi-punch in the first tow columns (a 7, an 8, and
> a 9 if I remember correctly).  This was effectively and "end of file" on any
> computer stream.  On the card he wrote "Call" and his phone number.  A few
> days later, he got an angry call complaining that he aborted their entire
> processing job and would have to start over.   He explained to them that he
> would continue doing this until they fixed their system.  He never got
> another call and no more bills.
>
> Don't know if the story was true, but it sounded plausible at the time (and
> knowing him).
>
> Tim
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