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

[Mike Sinclair]

I had a friend who years ago bought a car part from across the state.  They
shipped the part ok, but then sent a LETTER (no email those days), saying he
owed another five cents.  He ignored it, so they send a second letter.  This
time he taped a dime to a letter saying he didn't have change.  They sent him
another letter, with a check for five cents.

Accountants!
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Mullen
  To: pethier at comcast.net ; 'Tim'
  Cc: 'Shop15Talk'
  Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Is this true?---Fw: eBay Motors Fee Class
Action(6540054)


  pethier at comcast.net wrote:
  >
  > I have my check right here:   $0.34
  <...>
  > I guess I have to either shred it or frame it.

  Years ago, the company I worked for decided to shut down between Christmas
  and New Years.  The problem was with payroll.  About half the people had
  checks that were the same pay period after pay period.  The other half's
  amount fluctuated up and down a penny.  To make things simple, the company
  just duplicated the previous paycheck and issued it during the shutdown.
  Then they corrected the amount after the new year.  They had to issue about
  10,000 paychecks in the amount of $0.01.  I think that everyone that got
  them just hung them on the wall (as an example of how little they made :-)
  ).  That caused accounting problems with 10,000 un-cashed checks on the
  books...

  Tim Mullen
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