Saturday, April 23, 2005

The stupidest thing I've ever done...

I think I've had trust issues with people my whole life. I blame mostly my sperm donor, I think he's the root to most of my inner problems, but that's a completely different post for another time. So yes, I have trust issues with people, and I have good reasons why I don't really trust people, that too is another post for another time. Today I'm going to discuss the stupidest thing I've ever done. So last year, around this time, I got a cell phone for a friend in MY name. She was a reliable person (notice past tense), and she was a good friend. She was going to get a phone in her name when she built enough credit, but until then, she made the payments on the phone. Well, she had to move to New Iberia because of personal problems. She continued to make payments like usual. It wasn't until last November when I checked her bill on-line did I notice that she had begun to go over her minutes like crazy, causing her bill to be a hundred dollars more than what it should be. I phoned her immediately, and she informed me that she made a payment by check that day. She also said that the papers for me to sign the phone over to her to put it her name were in the mail. I hadn't received the papers, and by January I tried calling her to let her know I hadn't received them yet. Her phone had been disconnected. When I went on-line to check her bill, it was $1,082. At first I thought it might've been a mistake, but when I saw her last bill, two of her current payments had apparently bounced. I could not get in touch with her from that point on, and here I was stuck with a thousand dollar cell bill that should have never been. To this day I haven't spoken with her, and I am steadily making payments on this phone that should've been signed over to her. Stupid me, yes, I agree. I almost kicked myself. But that's what I get for being so trustful. At first I was angry, but like I've said before, anger is wasted energy. I'm dealing with the problem by shelving out $200 a month just to pay the bill before it messes up my credit. If I see Shanda oneday though, I might break her nose.

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