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

[Mark Andy]

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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