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Lifer
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On the way out the door this morning to run some errands, I grabbed another $20 bill on a whim. At the last stop, the bill rang up to exactly what I had left in my pocket. If I hadn't grabbed that extra $20, I'd have had to use a CC which I've been trying to avoid so I can get the balances down.

As it stands, one of my usual, most commonly used cards will have a $0 balance since there have been no new charges this month.
 
UsandThem

UsandThem

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For the 2nd time in around 15 months, my Chase credit was compromised.

I have it set to send me an email for any charges (and one for any international charges), and I got two a few notices yesterday and today for $1 charges called "Google temporary hold". I do have one paid account with Google for yearly data storage, but it is paid via Paypal.

So once again, I get to get a new card / account, and change out any accounts that are enrolled in auto-pay with that card. Fucking hackers/data thieves/scammers. :mad:


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UsandThem

UsandThem

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Red Squirrel said:
My credit card was compromized a while back too.. got it sorted but I still wonder how they got it in first place...
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It always seems like one companies site is compromised at some time, along with some of the actual payment processing companies, so really not surprised when it happens anymore. It's just a PIA to deal with.

Hell, when I had my physical back in June, I logged into my healthcare account to see the results of my bloodwork, and under my tab it stated I suffered from some kind of ear problem and cirrhosis of the liver due to alcohol. At first I was like "Do I really have cirrhosis of the liver from my blood tests, and my family doctor didn't call me about that?".

A few days later, I checked the site again, and all the wrongly listed conditions were removed. About 3 weeks later, my whole family received letters from the health provider stating their systems were compromised in an attack, and some personal information was stolen. On the back of the letter was a code for 2 years of credit monitoring on them. Having dealt with the T-Mobile data leak a while back (in which my social security number) was stolen due to their lackluster system protections, I also got 2 years of free credit monitoring on them.

I have a strong feeling I will continue to receive 2 year free credit monitoring letters/emails many times in the future. :rolleyes:
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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Yeah I just hope that's all it is, and not my PC. In my case it was two fraud Skip The Dishes orders. I almost missed those too because I order from there a lot but they were very expensive so it caught my attention.

I need to order from there less though, it's like $30-$40 a pop for a delivered meal these days, crazy expensive. I really need to just get the will power to prepare stuff for night/weekend shifts. That's when I tend to order the most.
 
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Red Squirrel said:
Yeah I just hope that's all it is, and not my PC. In my case it was two fraud Skip The Dishes orders. I almost missed those too because I order from there a lot but they were very expensive so it caught my attention.

I need to order from there less though, it's like $30-$40 a pop for a delivered meal these days, crazy expensive. I really need to just get the will power to prepare stuff for night/weekend shifts. That's when I tend to order the most.
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You should get a mail-order bride who can cook meals for you.
 
Captante

Captante

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Red Squirrel said:
I need to order from there less though, it's like $30-$40 a pop for a delivered meal these days, crazy expensive. I really need to just get the will power to prepare stuff for night/weekend shifts. That's when I tend to order the most.
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No doubt about it! I get "free" Grubhub+ through Amazon Prime yet In the last 3 months I've ordered food exactly once and the inflated food prices plus the included fee's were insultingly high.

Even calculating a reasonable hourly pay rate for my time used AND with insane gas prices it's still an absurdly better deal to head out and grab my own food when I have a craving.
 
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This week Kroger has Hatch chili peppers in stock. I've never tried them before and the kind I bought were mild so I decided to throw one in the hummus I made tonight. It was very tasty. After I was done I began washing dishes. My freaking hands are still on fire :cry:. Lesson learned. I will wear gloves next time.
 
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Bought a new 15.44# bag of Royal Oak lump charcoal today. Starting pouring it into my chimney starter and a rock/mud ball weighing at least a pound rolled out.
 
Captante

Captante

Lifer
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balloonshark said:
This week Kroger has Hatch chili peppers in stock. I've never tried them before and the kind I bought were mild so I decided to throw one in the hummus I made tonight. It was very tasty. After I was done I began washing dishes. My freaking hands are still on fire :cry:. Lesson learned. I will wear gloves next time.
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Be happy it didn't find its way into your eyes! ;)
 
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Bought a new PC, should be delivered today. Was excited to have this weekend to set it up but the Displayport to DVI cable I need has still not shipped. Now I might have to go out of my way to BestBuy this weekend for a no-cost 30-day cable rental. ;)
 
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