You may recall that when T-Hoe has an issue, it is basically ignored for a year or two, until Farmer H grows tired of Mrs. HM's nagging reminders of her fear that T-Hoe is not safe. Only recently did T-Hoe's stabilizer bar get fixed, which required a short amount of time, and minimal cost. Now Mrs. HM can drive without worrying that she will veer off the road due to steering unresponsiveness/over responsiveness.
SilverRedO had an issue last week. I don't recall the nature, because 1) I am not a gearhead, and 2) I don't really listen to Farmer H when he starts droning on about mechanical things. Anyhoo... Farmer H made an appointment with Mick the Mechanic to work on SilverRedO on Tuesday morning. The Pony was coming out for a casino trip, and was tasked with picking up Farmer H at Mick's. Then dropping Farmer H off again on the way home after the casino. It was not a hardship for The Pony. Mick's shop is on the direct route The Pony takes to get to the Mansion.
Anyhoo... when Farmer H got back with SilverRedO, I asked how much it had cost. $904 and change. That's an inconvenience, but nothing that would send us to the poorhouse.
"I have the receipt out in the truck."
"How did you pay?"
"I put it on the credit card."
"NOOOO! Why would you do that??? You could have asked for a check. Or used the debit card. I don't want a giant credit card bill! You know how the mail is lately. IF the check doesn't get there on time, we will have to pay INTEREST on the credit card! It's crazy high interest! That's why we pay it off every month."
"Well. I didn't know how I should pay."
"We always use the debit card to pay Mick."
"I wasn't thinking..."
Yeah. Farmer H will be thinking plenty if we get stuck paying interest on a credit card! Because I will be sure to mention it every single day! That's one bill we haven't had an issue with. The check usually processes in three days. Still, you never know. The electric bill for Bargain House proved that this month.
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Can you pay that credit bill with the debit card? My ex's solution was to have several creditcards with different companies and use each one to pay off another and round and round they all went while he kept spending.
River,
Maybe? I don't know. I don't want to get caught up in that cycle. I will keep an eye (or an EAR on the automated bank system) to see when the eventual check will clear. If it gets too close to the due date, I'll see if I can pay online. It shouldn't be like this!!! Don't offer mail-in payments if there's not enough time to process them!
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