Fun with SE's billing system - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

Malacite · 04-03-2008, 03:56 PM

Feba · 04-03-2008, 04:26 PM

Someone please explain to me how the bank teller being a retard is SE's fault.

Mog · 04-03-2008, 04:29 PM

My question is...why the hell would somebody not deactivate the card the moment it was lost? That's just asking for trouble.

Malacite · 04-03-2008, 04:55 PM

That's Fred for ya ^^

Ameroth · 04-03-2008, 05:03 PM

I fail to see how this was any fun at all.

Feba · 04-03-2008, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Malacite

That's Fred for ya ^^

He misplaces his anger when things go wrong, and leaves personal info sitting around for anyone to take?

Klumps · 04-03-2008, 05:22 PM

I can confirm that it works that way at at least one other bank (the one I work at). The teller not knowing that (and not asking their supervisor when they obviously could not have been sure) is pretty sad.

Phanex · 04-04-2008, 05:05 AM

From what I get out of it, the ATM "Ate" the Card, only the money was blown away. So the card was still inside the Machine, it wasn't laying around for others to see.

And "Fred" is mad at the teller "Homer?" cause he said the card number will still work regardless, yet it didnt', so Fred went to see what's up, and the Teller just said "D'oh".

Least that's what I got from it.

assumedvigilance · 04-04-2008, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by Feba

Someone please explain to me how the bank teller being a retard is SE's fault.

i dont think she/he was applying fault with this post. simply that the incident was a bit screwy, add in that SE's billing system is as strict as every other japanese law/rule, in other words no flexability, and the poor critter is now left with no FFXI until it can get a new card.

Originally Posted by Ameroth

I fail to see how this was any fun at all.

I beleive the Malacite used Fun in the sarcastic sense of the word. if that isn't good enough for you then hows this: drawing the picture was fun no doubt.

personally i liked the humor in this post... seems everyone else missed it completely...
anyway nice artwork there malacite.

Malacite · 04-04-2008, 06:26 AM

^^b Yah I figured the sarcasm to be blatantly obvious but I guess not.

A few of my friends have had similar experiences with SE's billing system. Boy are they harsh >. >

Jonastb · 04-04-2008, 06:47 AM

I have had the same experience. They are very thorough and will not hesitate to kick you out.

I also found it humorous. Nice job.

Mog · 04-04-2008, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Phanex

From what I get out of it, the ATM "Ate" the Card, only the money was blown away. So the card was still inside the Machine, it wasn't laying around for others to see.

So you think it just stays inside of the machine forever and ever? =p

They clean out those machines once in awhile, I'm sure. What they do with the contents inside is to the discretion of who's manning the machine.
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Originally Posted by assumedvigilance

i dont think she/he was applying fault with this post. simply that the incident was a bit screwy, add in that SE's billing system is as strict as every other japanese law/rule, in other words no flexability, and the poor critter is now left with no FFXI until it can get a new card.

I beleive the Malacite used Fun in the sarcastic sense of the word. if that isn't good enough for you then hows this: drawing the picture was fun no doubt.

personally i liked the humor in this post... seems everyone else missed it completely...
anyway nice artwork there malacite.

There's nothing to miss here. It's obvious what the joke of the comic is.

Ziero · 04-04-2008, 07:06 AM

Somethin similar happened to me a while back so I can appriciate the humor.

Though I really don't see him blaming anyone, except the bank teller. And if him making a freaking comic is his way of 'misplacing' anger, then he must be a really laid back guy.

Though to be honest, I don't think a guy who pokes fun at himself and allows others to laugh along with his misfortune is really all that angry, frustrated maybe, but not angry.
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Originally Posted by Mog

So you think it just stays inside of the machine forever and ever? =p

They clean out those machines once in awhile, I'm sure. What they do with the contents inside is to the discretion of who's manning the machine.

Actually, from a 'similar' incident I've experianced, once something enters an ATM it becomes property of the bank/company which owns and maintains said ATM. And when said item is a card, they'll hold it making you jump through hoops to get it back. Though they do just reccommend getting a new one instead first.

assumedvigilance · 04-04-2008, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Mog

There's nothing to miss here. It's obvious what the joke of the comic is.

if you say so. by the responses i read it seemed to me that not only did it get missed, but it was missed by several miles. bah whatever

eticket109 · 04-04-2008, 09:07 AM

I worked banking customer service. Tellers and branch employees usually know exactly zero about bank policies like that. Most branch employees are hired for their speed or sales skills.

Regardless, the initial blame falls on the customer's part for simply not grabbing the ATM card when it got popped out. It may have made fetching the cash a bit tougher, but it would have made everything else easier.

The funny thing is, most banks can just hold the card when that happens. At the end of the day the manager should be able to collect the card from the machines.

I'm with Feba on this one, SE is annoying but I don't see how they really had anything to do with what happened.