I just opened my most recent email at 8:15 PST tonight and copied it to this forum. Has anyone received anything like this ? Why would my bank decline something 23 days into the future and on a Holiday when no one is working ?

PAYMENT DECLINE NOTICE - January 24, 2000 EARTHLINK NETWORK, INC. - CIS Customer No.: XXXXXX(changed for privacy on forum)

Dear EarthLink Member:

Today, your credit (debit) card issuer informed us that your payment transaction was declined for the following reason:

(My note: there was nothing listed for reason...blank)

For your convenience, we will re-submit this payment again within three days. However, if you prefer to use a different card, please update this information by visiting the secure EarthLink website at: http://help.earthlink.net/billing or by calling 1-800-319-8942 Monday through Friday, 6AM - 6PM PST.

If you have any questions, you may email us at: acctsreceivable@earthlink.net. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL YOUR CARD NUMBER AS EMAIL IS NOT SECURE.

Thank you for choosing EarthLink to service your Internet needs.

EarthLink Network, Inc. Accounts Receivable Department 3100 New York Drive Pasadena, CA 91107

-- Kenin Marble (kenin17@yahoo.com), January 01, 2000

Answers

Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this) posted regarding a similar situation at

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/admin-q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002B NS

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Note: my credit card does NOT expire 31-JAN-2000. Note: about six months ago, their system spewed out something similar when they were apparently remediating their system. They then sent out a "fuggaddaboudit" message.

Looks like not *all* the remediation "took".

Note: examine the timestamp.

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Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:04:24 -0500 (EST) To: Ronald Schwarz

From: xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx

Subject: IMPORTANT: Account Update

Dear Ronald Schwarz:

It has come to our attention that the credit card we are using to bill your account will expire on 31-JAN-2000. Please contact the xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Billing Department to update your credit card information.

The xxxxxxx Billing Department can be reached via email at billing@xxxxxxx.xxx or by telephone at 1-888-xxx-xxxx between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Monday through Friday, or Saturday from 9am to 1pm.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

xxxxxxx Billing Department

====================================================================== Asked by Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this) from 216.93.7.71 on January 01, 2000.

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Mike

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-- Mike Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), January 01, 2000.

Haven't we all been told again and again that some errors will be missed in remediation, and that remediation itself is likely to introduce some new errors?

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), January 02, 2000.

Tom Carey - No Tom, the pollies have declared victory, there are no Y2k problems (it was all a hoax) and if something goes wrong with the software its because a car hit a pole.

{Don't ya just love sarcasm?}

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), January 02, 2000.