Credit for the Dead
It has been another crazy week here in the Arctic northland. We have had several days of milder temperatures, falling gasoline prices (it finally dropped below $ 3.00 a gallon here in
Work endeavors pulled in many directions all week keeping us busy trying to stay ahead of the game. We sent crews out in bush
My boss and I have been watching people drop all around us this week with the flu and have tried to stay away from everyone as much as possible. It seemed every time we called on someone or inquired about something we were told they were out with a bad case of the flu. It was in my house the last 5 days as my wife and granddaughter have been down all week. It has not been a pretty sight as everyone ran back and forth to the bathroom.
After returning home this evening I was greeted with a cup of hot coffee and the normal handful of bills and other mail. To my surprise I found one piece that gave me a smile in one respect and possibly anger in another.
It seems that the Bank of America (Bank of Opportunity) had sent a piece of mail with a promise of 0% interest until July 2009. It seems that they will give 2-for-1 Airfare Certificate, Unlimited Cash Rewards, 20,000 Bonus Points (after qualifying purchases), Travel, Gift Cards, and Merchandise Rewards.
This is such a great deal . . . “Air Miles”!
This is great from the letter: The WorldPoints® rewards program from Bank of America offers you everything - cash, travel on any major U.S. Airline with no blackout dates, merchandise, gift cards, car rentals and hotel stays . . . HOW FAR WILL YOUR POINTS TAKE YOU?
It goes on to say that you can start redeeming points at just 2,500 points. Also it describes the various point values for several other things from gift cards, onboard ship credit on the cruise of your choice, cash and the air miles.
It is signed by David K. Stevenson, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
That is so nice of him to offer so much for so little.
The problem is the letter was addressed to my DEAD mother in law.
Bless her heart but Audrey has been receiving first class “Air Miles” for over 7 years now. It was addressed to her at our current address which was so strange since she passed away from cancer in Utah and only made her trip north with us (urn) and has moved four times since we arrived in Alaska so it was nice of David to search so diligently for her.
In the past I have received several credit card offers for Levi my dog when he was alive which probably meant that the companies found his name on some list from Petco or Animals-R-Us. He would get several a year which when discussing his finances he would probably opt out to not participate.
Casey the dog used to get valium from the pharmacy at Fred Meyer and it was always funny to hear them call out for him when the order was ready. Then I would have to explain that Casey was a dog who was slightly ‘high strung’ and the vet gave him valium to calm him down. The looks were a little strange but fun since most pharmacists had not had animal clients.
I’m glad this week is over as today was the fifth Monday this week.
Ice
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