The Geeky Brit

So last month, I was looking over the charges of my american express card, and I noticed that I had been charged $12 about a dozen times by Blockbuster Online. This is of course pretty curious, as I am not even a blockbuster member, never mind one of those people who receives dvd’s in the mail.

I called American Express, and disputed the charges (the dispute is still ongoing), but today I noticed there an additional 10 charges for $19.99. It appears a lot of people are having fun at my expense! I am on hold with American Express right now, and will be cancelling my card.

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So now I am on the market for a wii, and for the life of me I can’t find one anywhere!

I am calling the stores everyday now to see if a magical shipment has been received, but it appears that the best thing to do is to set up a tent outside your local toys’r’us and hope that the nintendo gods are feeling bountifull.

Come on Nintendo! How long will I have to wait?

I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I
couldn’t find any.

Thousands get a tax break on property:

Ok, so the Merced housing market has been spiraling downward, seemingly since my lovely wife and I bought a house in April 2005. But, now people are seemingly happy that some of us have received a letter in the mail from the County Assessors office, telling us that the valuation of our house has gone down and so we get a discount on our next tax bill.

Personally, I would prefer the house to be valued the same as I purchased it for (50k more), rather than saving 500 dollars on my taxes.

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