Received my mortgage payment statement yesterday (I usually don't receive it so late, it is due the first of every month); in any case, it was dated 10/13 on top and said payment due 9/28/1999. I panicked and thought I forgot to pay last month. Looked in checkbook and did pay; called 1-800 number and there is a recording saying, if you received a bill/statement w/incorrect date, new statement is on the way. The ironic part of this otherwise boring computer glitch story is this: Stuffed in w/the bill this month was the Y2K compliance pamphlet!!! In any case, I held on line to speak to an actual customer service rep and ask if I should mail my payment or wait for the new statement. She told me that I should pay the bill and that it was not Summit at fault, but the statement printing company; I told her that was fine and how ironic it was that the Y2K statement was stuffed in w/the incorrectly dated bill and she said very non-chalantly "yeah isn't it funny".... I think I may look for another bank just in case............... Who knows if it is Y2k or not!!

-- Liz (Liz.Conti@pharma.com), October 27, 1999

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Hmmm...pretty close to unsubstantiated slander.

So what will you have to talk about if you get a mis-printed statement in 2004? Aliens? Yeah, that's it...aliens are taking over our infrastructure.

-- You Knowwho (debunk@doomeridiots.com), October 27, 1999.

Aliens have already taken over our infrastructure. But they don't come from outer space. They come from places like IBM and Intel. They are very strict and very literal creatures. It takes alot of work to make one change it's ways.

Tick... Tock... <:00=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), October 27, 1999.

Please point out the slanderous statement, YouKnowWho.

-- no talking please (breadlines@soupkitchen.gov), October 27, 1999.

Yes You Know Who:

PROVE the slander. Either that or keep your fat anus shut. And if you try to change the subject, it will be pointed out. Changing the subject is the refuge of the clueless.

-- X (X@X.com), October 27, 1999.

The truth is an absolute defense against slander and libel. (This would be libel by the way not slander).

While I am leary of attributing EVERY little glitch to Y2K problems it is safe to assume since most companies have admitted to having problems already with Y2K and most list bookeeping and billing as one of the major areas of failure it is highly likely that SOME of the Y2K problems will eventually show up in customers statments.

Or are you so deep in denial that NOTHING that happens no matter how apparent will ever allow you to attribute it to Y2K issues?

You are a non-subjective in you position as you claim the otherside is in theirs.

-- John Beck (eurisko111@aol.com), October 27, 1999.

Pretty good post John. You Know Who is a loser without a life who hangs around this forum for entertainment. He/She/It sounds sexually frustrated.

-- R (R@R.com), October 27, 1999.

Liz,

I had a similar experience with my Capital One credit card a few months back: I received a statement with a message on it saying that they had just completed upgrades and were now ready for the year 2000.

The entire statement was screwed up. Out of about 25 charges that were listed, only one or two were mine. The next day I got a letter in the mail saying that some incorrect statements were sent out and a new, corrected statement would be sent out soon.

I did receive a corrected statement a day or two later, but it does make one wonder.

-- Clyde (clydeblalock@hotmail.com), October 27, 1999.

YouKnowWho, please call me collect regarding that job offer at your earliest convenience.

-- John Koskinen (isnot@thisaddress.com), October 27, 1999.

"You know who" hangs out at the Debunking site. All they do is play with themselves over there. He comes here because he's bored to death and wants to play with you. I have a kitty litter box for you to play in "you know who."

-- tisk tisk (tisk tisk@tisktiskk.xcom), October 27, 1999.

Hmm, Foolio accusing someone *else* of "slander"?

Comedy isn't dead after all! It's just sick. Really sick.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), October 27, 1999.