I usually ignore my phone bill and I just now figured out that some asshole company called ESBI has been adding $19.95/mo to it for the past four months. Who the hell is ESBI? No idea, never heard of them. Of course the dicks at AT&T said to call ESBI directly, which I did, and now ESBI is supposedly going to be refunding my $80 on my next phone bill.

According to the ESBI guy, this is who he had in his records for my signup:

Ashley Hinton
283 W Dickens Ave
Chicago IL

Bitch! Fake bitch, I’m sure. And how could AT&T let this fraudulent charge make its way to my account? Don’t ask them, it’s not their problem. Of course.

Check your phone bill! If this is what you see attached to the end of it, you’re getting hosed.

Un-fucking-believable

I’ve finally decided to cancel my membership at Bally’s after almost a year of not going.

I called the guy at the location where I joined and he told me I needed to call some phone number (866-402-2559). Turns out it’s just a recording with canned instructions on how to cancel if you move or lose a limb.

So I dug my contract out from under a pile of crap somewhere in my apartment, and it turns out the contract states that (a) I have to notify them in writing to cancel, (b) it takes 30 days to cancel during which they’ll still charge me, and (c) I’m supposed to pay them a $25 cancellation fee!!

Fuck them. I just called Citibank where my monthly payments were being billed and reported the card lost/stolen. Bally’s was set to bill me for another month on 2/21 which shouldn’t be happening now since all charges will be blocked, at least in theory.

FUCK YOU BALLY’S! Dicks.

I also have a major problem with Citibank which I’ll bitch about later.

9/3/2009 edit: Since this post seems to be attracting all kinds of people who are looking to cancel their Bally’s memberships, I’m gonna make it nice ‘n’ easy for everyone by posting the number right here:

(562) 484-2000

Press 0 to get the operator who will send you to Customer Service. They’ll tell you how to cancel your membership.

Good luck!

P.S. Here’s a great story about how some guy used Twitter to shame Bally’s into submission. It’s a little long, but it’s worth reading (the only part I skipped was his email to Bally’s).

I’m really liking this ToyCamera app on my iPhone

I took this pic on my iPhone using an app called ToyCamera

This past weekend I hatched a plan! That’s all I’m saying.