I don't remember if I responded the craziest crap my wife has done in this thread or not... but I used to be somewhat wealthy. Not stupid rich or anything but a whole heckuva lot more than I am now. Had a check for well over $10,000 mailed to the house. Wife stuck it in a drawer.

More than a year later, I discover it. It cleared the bank, though. So I guess it worked out.

Put up with you?

:facepalm:

Phil, if you click on the post count, then scroll down you can find whether you posted or not.

This is kind of a weird thread for them to bump, as it was my first day on the Planet.

How does anyone miss 10k for that long without noticing?

It was basically free money... I was contracting through her consulting company to an oil company. Oil company decided they wanted to hire me fulltime. So I told her to charge them a placement fee. They paid it, which I never really expected.

Funny, I bought two $100 gift certificates for $80 each at these two restaurants we like to go to over the holidays. My wife lost them both. After that she gets all angry implying they were ripped off if I didn't move them. What pisses me off is all the drama, if they are stolen they are gone and getting upset isn't bringing them back it's just ruining my day. Naturally she finds them later but at least she admitted putting them there. Gift cards are a great idea in general for retailers or restaurants. I wonder what percentage never get used.

I'm guessing he knows how the place works being a mod and all...

;)

Heh. She's the luckiest woman on earth.

And personally, I feel sorry for a guy who's never seen his baseball team win a championship! Boy, that must suck.

I was nine years old you Dick.

Oh, I just assumed you were younger because you act like such a complete ****ing punk. Sorry about that.

I'm trying to remember how old I was back in October of 2011. Hmm..... :hmmm:

Old

About 20% never get used, according to Groupon and LivingSocial.

She can't effieciently fill a dishwasher to save her life.

Frying pan on the cup shelf? :facepalm:

dude, that seriously sucks. we were getting late bill notifications by mail and phone calls on several of our bills.
i let my wife handle our shit, as i was 10 bucks off in my checkbook 15 years ago and said "eff it".
so, one night after finishing supper, let the boy out of his highchair and was doing some sort of chore, i caught the fine lad throwing trash in the trashcan. directly next to one of the kiddos playtime mag, was the water bill. next minute the bill and the playtime mag is gone. after some sluething, the boy had been throwing stuff away.

LIKE EVERYTHING. anything he could get his mitts on.
can't live with them, can't sell them into child slavery.

It is a great idea, and a lot of them never get redeemed, but the accounting rules for realizing the income from unredeemed gift cards are gay. The companies have to tie up the liability for waaaaay too long.