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Sundae · 06-29-2012, 11:32 AM

Brianna is on the bench too, but I'm not sure she needs the hooch at present.

Zen is right.
I has a (completely dis)similar situation trying to return a rented video-recorder back in the day. The store in my town had closed and no-one knew where to direct me - no paperwork (and it was all paperwork in those days) could be found.

Until someone, some slumbering giant of a mainframe, spit out my address and sent a threatening letter to my parents' address, threatening to take into possession any blood related children. As only my brother lived at home then my Mum was quite anxious and I got an ear-bashing. No contact details on the letter though. It was from a Department.

So Head Office were threatening but the individual staff were puzzled, laconic and in no hurry to get themselves involved. It took over a month to get it returned - in the end my fiance drove 30 miles and thrust it over the counter of another branch with yet another threatening letter taped to the box. Let them match the ends up.

Sorry to hear about your tangle with red tape, Chris.
All this time a marked felon and you never knew! I'd say it was hot, except really it's a ridiculous inconvenience. Also interesting that a "crime" that long ago means you are a risk now. I wonder if the rich and famous with far more recent arrests/ incarceration have to stand in line with Joe Blow at Customs?

06-29-2012, 11:32 AM	#13
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Brianna is on the bench too, but I'm not sure she needs the hooch at present. Zen is right. I has a (completely dis)similar situation trying to return a rented video-recorder back in the day. The store in my town had closed and no-one knew where to direct me - no paperwork (and it was all paperwork in those days) could be found. Until someone, some slumbering giant of a mainframe, spit out my address and sent a threatening letter to my parents' address, threatening to take into possession any blood related children. As only my brother lived at home then my Mum was quite anxious and I got an ear-bashing. No contact details on the letter though. It was from a Department. So Head Office were threatening but the individual staff were puzzled, laconic and in no hurry to get themselves involved. It took over a month to get it returned - in the end my fiance drove 30 miles and thrust it over the counter of another branch with yet another threatening letter taped to the box. Let them match the ends up. Sorry to hear about your tangle with red tape, Chris. All this time a marked felon and you never knew! I'd say it was hot, except really it's a ridiculous inconvenience. Also interesting that a "crime" that long ago means you are a risk now. I wonder if the rich and famous with far more recent arrests/ incarceration have to stand in line with Joe Blow at Customs? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 06-29-2012 at 11:40 AM.